Who Needs the FDA When You've Got Jesus?

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Way to go Religious Right! Rock on!


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 31, 2005

WASHINGTON -- A high-ranking Food and Drug Administration official resigned Wednesday in protest over the agency's refusal to allow over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception.

Susan Wood, director of FDA's Office of Women's Health, announced her resignation in an e-mail to colleagues at the agency. The e-mail was released by contraception advocates.

The FDA last Friday postponed indefinitely its decision on whether to allow the morning-after pill, called Plan B, to be sold without a prescription. The agency said it was safe for adults to use without a doctor's guidance but was unable to decide how to keep it out of the hands of young teenagers without a prescription -- a decision contrary to the advice of its own scientific advisers.

"I can no longer serve as staff when scientific and clinical evidence, fully evaluated and recommended for approval by the professional staff here, has been overruled," wrote Wood, who also was assistant commissioner for women's health. "The recent decision announced by the Commissioner about emergency contraception, which continues to limit women's access to a product that would reduce unintended pregnancies and reduce abortions, is contrary to my core commitment to improving and advancing women's health."

Plan B's maker has been trying for two years to begin nonprescription sales, and the FDA's latest postponement of its fate was a surprise: Commissioner Lester Crawford won Senate confirmation to take his job only after promising members of Congress to make a final decision by Sept. 1.

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Good, another subversive mole is out of our government. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[ThaSaltCracka]

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"The recent decision announced by the Commissioner about emergency contraception, which continues to limit women's access to a product that would reduce unintended pregnancies and reduce abortions,

[/ QUOTE ] How about they use condoms? Just a thought.

[InchoateHand]

Yeah, thanks TSC, I was trying to figure out why name brand emergency contraception is called "Plan B." Your pithy wisdom has peeled back the twisted skin on this complex riddle.

Readily available emergency contraceptives don't decrease condom use--but they provide a nice fallback plan when something goes wrong.

But let me guess. "Personal responsiblity" means everything has to go right on the first try, huh?

There are a lot of sexually transmitted diseased to protect against besides pregnancy (a fatal STD). Plenty of good reasons to wear a condom. No good reasons to prevent OTC sales of emergency contraception, unless said good reason is predicated on an article of religious faith. Feel free to read some time.

Keep it up champ, you fit right in here.

[bobman0330]

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Readily available emergency contraceptives don't decrease condom use--but they provide a nice fallback plan when something goes wrong.

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Is this true?

[InchoateHand]

Yes, thats the result of the FDAs own research.

[Broken Glass Can]

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Yeah, thanks TSC, I was trying to figure out why name brand emergency contraception is called "Plan B." Your pithy wisdom has peeled back the twisted skin on this complex riddle.


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Actually, Plan A is having self-control.

Plan B is for those who fail plan A. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[warlockjd]

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Actually, Plan A is having self-control.

Plan B is for those who fail plan A.

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Ever broken a condom?

[ThaSaltCracka]

where a condom. If for some reason it breaks and you think you are pregnant, go to your doctor and get the prescription.

[warlockjd]

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where a condom. If for some reason it breaks and you think you are pregnant, go to your doctor and get the prescription.

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This is your serious repsonse??

(there a condom, where a condom, everywhere a condom....)