CD6: MoveOn.org Questions John Delaney on Georgetown University Anti-Contraception Policy

UPDATE: Maryland Juice is hearing that NARAL gives John Delaney a 100% Pro-Choice rating.

Maryland Juice received the following press release from MoveOn.org regarding the 6th Congressional District Democratic Primary:

PRESS RELEASE

Progressives Ask Why John Delaney Won’t 

Repudiate Georgetown’s Anti-Contraception Policy

Throughout his campaign to represent Maryland’s sixth congressional district, John Delaney has claimed to oppose any restrictions on women’s reproductive choices, yet his refusal to take a stand in his leadership position at Georgetown has undermined women’s access to critical health care services. Delaney serves on the executive committee of the Board of Directors for Georgetown University, which bans the sale of any and all birth control on campus, and doesn’t provide contraceptive coverage in any of its student health plans. Just last month, Planned Parenthood representatives tabling for "Hoyas for Choice" were forced off campus by university police. Delaney has remained silent in the wake of these restrictive actions, choosing instead to give thousands to right-wing politician Rep. Andy Harris who wants to take away women’s reproductive rights.

CD6: Tea Party Blogger Reports on "Sandra Fluke" Robocall Targeting Rep. Roscoe Bartlet on Contraception

Ann Corcoran, editor of Maryland's Potomac Tea Party Report, tells readers about a recent robocall she received about incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. The taped telephone message appears to be from Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University student who recently became famous after rightwing talk show host Rush Limbaugh called her a "slut" for defending contraception.

The issue has now spilled into Maryland's heated 6th Congressional District race, as advocates are trying to highlight the issue for CD6 women. The Tea Party reports:

I got a call from Sandra today!

Well it sure sounded like Sandra Fluke!  And, she identified herself as a ‘woman of the 99%,’ so I figured it had to be her!

She called to let me know that 85-year-old Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) hated women.  Yeh, no kidding!  She said that she “couldn’t be silent anymore” and told me I couldn’t be either—that I had to call the elderly Bartlett (she gave me his number) and give him a piece of my mind because he was one of those waging “war on women.”   And, what was her proof?

He refused to repudiate Rush Limbaugh (so far).

And, she was calling in this recorded message to let me know that stunning piece of news and that we ninety-nine percenters “couldn’t be silent” any more (did I say that already?)…we had to fight back….for the women of America!

I would like to have asked her, are we fighting for the women of Saudi Arabia too, or just the downtrodden women of America.

Stay tuned for more on Maryland's 6th Congressional District Race!