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There's been a bit of talk about women and women's issues so far this year. I think
it's been oversimplified. Women are not an interest group. Women shouldn't be
treated that way. Woman are half this country and half of its work force. Instead of putting
forward serious plans to help more Americans back to work, a lot of those folks in the
other party have chosen to refight battles we settled long ago. This contraception
fight in particular was illuminating. It was like being in a time machine. Republicans
in congress were going so far as to say that an employer should be able to have a say in
the health care decisions of its female employees. The days of male politicians controlling the
health care decisions of our wives and our mothers and our daughters and our sisters,
that needs to come to an end. So, the choice between going backward and moving forward
has never been so clear. As long as I'm President, we're going to keep moving forward.
You can count on that.