“Without insurance coverage, contraception, as you know, can cost a woman over $3,000 during law school." - Sandra Fluke
Divide $3000 by the average cost of a condom ($1.00?). Divide that by the number of days one would be at law school and draw your own conclusion.
To be fair, perhaps birth control pills cost about $100 per month and that's what she means; in which case it would be tough to determine the number of different cases she's taken on. Either way, not the tax payer's responsibility.
She never said that she herself spent $3000 on contraception, she said it could cost that much over a number of years. The only time she referenced specific costs was when she talked about her friend, who was prescribed birth control meds to treat her polycystic ovarian syndrome and was paying $100/month until she couldn’t afford it, and ended up losing an ovary because of a tennis ball sized cyst that developed when she stopped taking the meds.
I think people forget that birth control meds are used for things other than actual birth control.
I see what might be a flaw in your logic regarding the average cost of condoms for Ms. Fluke.
We can probably assume someone in her position (chuckle, chuckle!) would get a volume discount on the condoms. Perhaps even an additional courtesy markdown offered to professional users.
Additionally, I imagine right now there are any number of condom manufacturers ready to offer her a lucrative endorsement contract. Especially those who market the recreational, multi-colored ones that resemble fluorescent rooster heads with rubber octopus tentacles.