Chris Matthews Hypes Kathleen Sebelius: She's a Hero for Making Birth Control 'Free'
According to Chris Matthews, the radically pro-abortion Kathleen Sebelius has "done more to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies than anyone in this country." Matthews assailed pro-life demonstrators who approve of "dictatorial laws" to reduce abortion. According to him, these protesters need to give the woman, who has made birth control "free," a "little credit."
The Hardball anchor on Thursday insisted that Sebelius, who as Kansas governor vetoed a partial birth abortion bill and entertained radical doctor George Tiller at the official residence, is a hero. Matthews praised, "It could be argued that this one person has done more to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies than anyone in our country." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
Explaining this assertion, Matthews failed to grasp basic economics: "Making birth control free, which is what she has done, will do more to reduce unwanted pregnancies than anything I can imagine."
Making birth control "free" does not make it without cost. It still has to be paid for by someone.
Matthews assailed those who oppose Sebelius speaking at Georgetown University, Friday. He lectured pro-lifers: "This is how we do things in a free society that values life, not with dictatorial laws, but with persuasion."
The MSNBC host attempted to speak on abortion as a practicing Catholic. Previously, Matthews mocked Catholicism as a religion that attracts bigots.
A transcript of the May 17 segment, which aired at 5:57pm EDT, follows:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let me finish tonight with this. It's a subtle, for me, recommendation to those protesting the appearance tomorrow by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at Georgetown University. You oppose her speaking because of her position in support of abortion rights. So, let me propose a thought to you, who like me, value life. Will protesting the secretary's appearance radically reduce the millions of abortions in this country each year? Will it reduce by one? Well, what would? What practical, workable step would radically reduce the number of abortions in this free country of ours? I would suggest that it is reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies. Get the young men having sex with young women to stop having unwanted pregnancies. Stop protesting government officials and start talking to the people actually involved in having these millions of unwanted pregnancies. Tell them, get the word to them as parents, teachers, loved ones that if they're going to have sex, and that's a decision they ought to accept moral responsibility for, please use birth control. Just stop having unwanted pregnancies. This is how we do things in a free society that values life, not with dictatorial laws, but with persuasion. I say this as someone that accepts the moral teaching of my church, but also as someone who accepts the practical need here for effective action, not more protests.
And now a word about Secretary Sebelius. It could be argued that this one person has done more to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies than anyone in our country. She's behind the policy of requiring insurance companies to cover birth control. Making birth control free, which is what she has done, will do more to reduce unwanted pregnancies than anything I can imagine. Certainly getting people to stop having sex is another way. Her way will, I bet, have a more dramatic result. It could actually work. I know what the protesters believe, they believe they can stop abortion by protest, by rallies, by stopping people from speaking at graduation ceremonies. Common sense tells me that the way to stop unwanted pregnancies and abortions is not in a graduation ceremony, but on what we used to call dates. It's when a young man and woman are together. We can argue against them having sex, we can also suggest that when relationships become close and respectful, birth control is far better than an unwanted pregnancy. So, here in my role as a secular adviser, I suggest those of us that think that this country would be better off with radically fewer abortions actually begin doing something about it. Kathleen Sebelius deserves credit. Again. Again. It could certainly be argued for her doing her part. Rather than protesting what she's doing, pro-lifers and pro-choicers might think about giving her a little credit, or at least let her speak.
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Well he is a proven dead head
Submitted by John21 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:14pm.
Well he is a proven dead head with nothing between his ears but air.
The birth control you talk about stupid is not free you are paying for it with your taxes.
But that's ok with him
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:21pm.
but he's forcing me to pay for it too. And that's NOT ok with me.
According to 'ole Tingles here...
Submitted by SamC on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:52pm.
"This is how we do things in a free society that values life, not with dictatorial laws, but with persuasion."
He's not forcing you to pay for it. He's just persuading you.
Liberal Hypocrisy....if only it were a combustible fuel. Sigh.
Perhaps Matthews will put his
Submitted by kg on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:37pm.
Perhaps Matthews will put his money where his mouth is and make it "free" to all women by paying for it himself. Problem solved!
"DumbAssity of Dope"
Tell ya what Chris
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:18pm.
How about parents, schools, and churches go back to teaching absolute values, morals? That sex outside of marriage is wrong? That taking the life of the unborn is wrong? That every child does better in life with married, male and female parents? But no. Morality is anathema to a Godless liberal. So you give young girls "free" birth control and encourage them to bed down with every dead beat male dawg that comes along. Then when that free birth control fails you take them to an abortion mill to get a "free" abortion. Only it isn't free. Somebody pays with his or her innocent life.
People like you make me physically ill, Matthews. I only wish I could tell you to your frog mouthed face.
Free stuff -- the liberal fantasy
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:29pm.
MATTHEWS: ". . . It could be argued that this one person has done more to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies than anyone in our country. . . "
One could "argue" that, but there is no statistical evidence of it, so it's all fantasy. Frankly, I think Helen Thomas Halloween masks would be more effective.
MATTHEWS: " . . . She's behind the policy of requiring insurance companies to cover birth control. Making birth control free, which is what she has done, will do more to reduce unwanted pregnancies than anything I can imagine. . . ."
I could make a crack about the limits of Matthews' "imagination" (Pardon me, I think I just did), but there is nothing free in this scam. The health insurers will not provide anything "free;" they merely pass the cost on to those of us who pay for health coverage.
"Helen Thomas Halloween masks"
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 5:49pm.
YOW! 8-O
Face Mask
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 7:15pm.
I'd say a Sandra Fluck Face Mask would not only control pregnancies, but it could ultimately make the human race extinct!
How did Sebelius ever get elected Governor of Kansas???
Submitted by WhoIsJohnGalt on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:31pm.
And by the way Chrissy, I would bet my life that the unplanned birth rate will NOT go down as a result of this "free" birth control.
On this issue, Libs are acting like, to use an analogy; the only thing fat people need to lose weight is a gym membership, and if we give it to them, they will get their weight under control. No, people who have unwanted or unplanned pregnancies are not victims of a lack of birth control methods, they are a victim of their own lack of self-control. They KNOW that they are vulnerable to pregnancy if they have unprotected sex, but yet they do it anyway.
Let's not forget that they still need to get the birth control, and refill the scrip regularly and also to take the pill regularly without exception. Generally, the people that we're speaking of and not ones who run their lives very efficiently. They are not organized. Oh, HORRORS, he's generalizing!!
My wife works for the state mental agency and when they get patients in off the street, some criminal, some not, they spend weeks or months or years restoring them to competency, and when they get released, they invariably fail to take their meds, even though they are free. And when they are on their meds, they generally recognize how much better they feel, but they fall off anyway. Why? Because these people never learned the life skills that the rest of us do. So they can't hold a job, they are often involved with criminal elements, if not criminal themselves. They frequently have unplanned pregnancies that they can't afford.
She'll stand before the
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:32pm.
She'll stand before the Almighty God one day and she'll get no praise there.
Amen, Brother Rick!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 5:50pm.
.
Fortunately, that's a decision for the Almighty, and His alone.
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:05pm.
And Who neither requires nor requests your input.
Jer
What decision is that, Jer?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:16pm.
I don't understand your point?
That's just knee-jerk Jer, once again ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:39pm.
defending the indefensible; if even remotely promoted by the lefties.
Under the guise of ideology, of course.
MD
➚ MD
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:44pm.
It's possible Neville Chamberlain was of the belief only God can judge actions and motivations.
Well, Cool, there is no denying that ol' N.C. failed to ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 8:01pm.
come up to scratch with his "There will be peace in our time" statement.
Kind of reminds me of the Lib-Dims ballyhooed bullshit about their Messiah, Obama.
Chamberlain was correct in that there would be peace - just not right then.
The lefties are correct with the first part of their collective mantra, but per usual they went too far.
Obama IS a MESS, period.
Just ain't NO way to put a good odor anywhere near that particular skunk.
MD
➚ Same old story
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 8:11pm.
And the same procedure.
Seen this movie before, but this time it's a two-fer. Liberals get to concentrate their efforts primarily on black babies.
Liberals have a way of getting what they want, for sure.
Then try harder...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:54pm.
It's not exactly obscure.
Jer
➚Thank you, Neville
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 8:01pm.
I thought that's what you might have meant.
Nor yours, Jer
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 12:31pm.
Nor does He need you to speak for Him.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Agreed, Cobra...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 9:12pm.
Which is why I don't and I'm not.
Jer
How can anything be free, if
Submitted by rockyracoon on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:50pm.
How can anything be free, if someone else has to pay for it?
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Condoms are Already Free
Submitted by freecitizen on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:21pm.
For young people, free condoms have been available to them their entire sexual lives. It doesn't seem to have had the effect Chris Matthews describes.
Target/Walmart - 9 buck OCP's, for years, no insurance needed...
Submitted by merly1 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:27pm.
OMG-->this guy is stupid. Really the whole MSM is stupid.
This is why we run trillion dollar deficits, because the Washington elite and its bone-headed
media allies dont even know that OCP's have been almost free for years.
Cant one media person tell the truth on the Fluke lies?????
Sebilius--"Making birth control free,giving her a little credit"
Submitted by merly1 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:33pm.
I would give her credit if she had done something.
A year's worth of OCP's have been the cost of about one month of cel phone fees since 2008.
That is the fact, the bottom line......
This is as laughable as the Pres saying oil production has gone up under his administration (Oh, btw, it's
because of private lands producing it.)
How does the media, how does even Fox, let this lie go on, and on, and on?
If it's free...
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:49pm.
"Making birth control free, which is what she has done, will do more to reduce unwanted pregnancies than anything I can imagine."
Hay, Chrissy, if Birth Control is "free," as you assert, then why is Obama pursing federal spending for additional "free" birth control? Just last month alone he was complaining about how expensive it is to College women, something on the order of several thousand dollars a month, I believe. I guess it's not as "free" as you claim.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Once again, it's the guy's fault.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:53pm.
"Get the young men having sex with young women to stop having unwanted pregnancies."
How dare those young men rape all those unwilling women and force them to become pregnant. But, fear not, here comes Sebelius to the rescue! We'll give the women free birth control! Woo Hoo!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Comrade Sebelius is nothing but a stoopid communist stooge
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:28pm.
...that is helping her lord and master, the Dear Ruler, to completely take over and thus utterly destroy the greatest health care system the world has ever seen.
As for Prissy Tingles, he is even less intelligent than she is.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Free, Chris?
Submitted by ohio granny on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 5:33pm.
Obviously Chris Matthews does not know that nothing is free
If the government can just dictate that someone provide something for free then money is no longer an object or a mens to an end. If everything is free there would be no need for anyone to work.
We can all live in Big Rock Candy Mountain where we are all free to just have fun, never work and have anything our hearts desire. Sounds good until the dream turns into a nightmare. Maybe then liberals would learn that nothing is really free. Someone, somewhere has to pay.
I got some stark reality for you, Chris Matthews:
Submitted by djwolf12 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:55pm.
Abstinence is FREE. Also, Abstinence NEVER cost your neighbor a dime in a tax increase either.
If your crowning achievement is being announced as a "speechwriter for Jimmy Carter" on Jeopardy, then no wonder this clown is an idiot. I am STILL waiting for his firing for the "GOP Grand Wizard Crowd" comment aimed directly at Michael Steele.
Liberals must believe in Santa Claus
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:44pm.
Because they all believe in the idea of free stuff, like birth control. There is no such thing as free. Someone is paying for it Chrissy. That someone is a working person. Meanwhile, people who can't be bothered to restrain themselves, or even use a condom, are unlikely to take advantage of free birth control if they required to plan in advance.
Somebody, somebody has to you see.
Submitted by thestalkinghorse on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 10:33pm.
It often sounds like Matthews and President Whathisname just do not understand that basic concept. Where have you gone Milton Friedman?
Wanna save unborn babies?
Submitted by RR GOP on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:09pm.
Wanna save unborn babies? All the pro-lifers have to do is start actively advocating for increased abortions and sell it as a Conservative, Christian ideal.
Chrissy and his Libtard ilk will be turned off and start fighting against abortion.
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