All-Male Panel Considers House Bill To Restrict Women's Reproductive Rights

[John Dibble]

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The GOP reach-out to women continues.

so your point is , what, the Subcommittee on the Constitution shouldn't consider bills dealing with abortion?   there should be a gender quota on every House Committee?

Abortion policy is an issue which affects women disproportionately more than it affects men, so a reasonable person would want women adequately represented in a committee that is discussing a bill on it.

[John Dibble]

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Huffington Post

The GOP reach-out to women continues.

so your point is , what, the Subcommittee on the Constitution shouldn't consider bills dealing with abortion?   there should be a gender quota on every House Committee?

Abortion policy is an issue which affects women disproportionately more than it affects men, so a reasonable person would want women adequately represented in a committee that is discussing a bill on it.

okay - but 99% of the hearings before this subcommittee do not deal with abortion.  The reason it was brought before it is the Supreme Court decisions on the matter.  Unless you have a gender quota for every subcommittee, every now and then something is going to discussed by an all-male committee on an issue that disproportionately affects women.

That shouldn't stop such panels from bringing in some women to testify on the issue and give perspective.