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WWII Vet Senator: Birth Control Mandate Is Not Like Pearl Harbor | After Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) compared a new regulation requiring insurers to provide women birth control without a copay to September 11 or Pearl Harbor, World War II veteran Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) called Kelly’s comments “misguided” and “insulting.” “It is complete nonsense to suggest that a matter discussed, debated, and approved by the Congress and the President is akin to a surprise attack that killed nearly 2,500 people…or a terrorist attack that left nearly 3,000 dead,” said Inouye, who witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack. Kelly’s office responded by calling the the contraception rule “an undeniable and unprecedented attack on Americans’ First Amendment rights.” “We will not turn a blind eye to the HHS mandate’s attack on our religious freedom,” Kelly said in a statement.