Pelosi: Priests denied absolution on birth control

Last night on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow show, Nancy Pelosi discussed the uproar over contraception, reminding the audience that Catholic women "overwhelmingly" admit that they used birth control.

"I've come from an era when (Catholic) women were deprived of receiving absolution if they confessed if they used birth control," Pelosi complained, "It is good to get it out on the table."

Pelosi explained that women were coming together on the issue, forming a "sisterhood" in support of the mandate. "The maintenance of our -- of the human race has been in the hands of women for thousands of years," she said, reminding that birth control was a family's decision to make "together with their doctor, with their God."

"It's not about some five men sitting around a table in Washington D.C." she added, disapproving of the religious leaders that testified against the insurance contraception mandate earlier this month in a house hearing.