Mourdock Argues Insurance Companies Shouldn’t Cover Birth Control At All

Having already created a fire storm over his statement that pregnancies that result from rape are in accordance of God's will and that abortion in such situations should be barred,  GOP Indiana U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock has thrown more gasoline on the proverbial fire by arguing that insurance companies should not have to provide contraception coverage at all.  As noted previously in a post about Mourdock's statement on rape inducing pregnancies, Mourdock's views ARE THE MAINSTREAM in today's Republican Party and are consistent with the party platform adopted in Tampa back in August. In addition, Mitt Romney confirmed today that he stands behind his previous endorsement of Mourdock.   Personally, I believe that any woman who votes for any Republican candidate is either brain damaged or likes to have angry white men control her body.  Here are highlights from Think Progress:

Indiana Senate nominee Richard Mourdock (R) doesn’t just want to prevent women who have been raped from obtaining an abortion; he also doesn’t think they should be able to access affordable birth control through their health insurance that could prevent such a pregnancy.

Months before Mourdock commented last night that pregnancies resulting from rape are a “gift” that “God intended,” ThinkProgress spoke with him at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference about Rick Santorum’s belief that insurance plans shouldn’t cover birth control at all. When asked whether he agreed with Santorum on the matter, Mourdock replied: “I do, I do.”

KEYES: I know Rick Santorum in his speech was talking a lot about this. He even went so far as to say, “I don’t think insurance plans should be covering birth control in the first place.” Do you think he’s right about that?

MOURDOCK: I do, I do. I don’t think that’s the role of government. We have to start rolling back government. There are many issues out there beyond Obamacare, but really the issue overlying everything is, is this nation going to survive? And that ultimately becomes an issue of economics.

Earlier this week, Mitt Romney starred in an ad for Mourdock, asking voters to “join me in supporting Richard Mourdock for U.S. Senate.” Romney has not cut an ad for any other Senate candidates in the general election.