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Yarmuth Rips Limbaugh During Women's History Month Address

In a House floor speech celebrating Women's History Month, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., called out talk radio host Rush Limbaugh's crude remarks about a Georgetown law student as part of a larger Republican assault on women.Earlier this week, Limbaugh apologized to 30-year-old Sandra Fluke after calling the women's rights activist a "slut" and "prostitute" during a recent broadcast for coming out in favor of making contraception available to all women. The issue has become a hot button election-year fight between President Obama and Republicans over his policy that requires health insurance companies to cover birth control.Yarmuth says Limbaugh's comments were not an isolated incident, but rather reflect a trend in the GOP in their voting record on Planned Parenthood and Title X family planing services.Check it out:Several GOP lawmakers and pundits have come out against Limbaugh's comments as inappropriate, but political observers have noted the remarks are hurting Republicans nationwide.