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A strange tale-
In a major victory for women’s reproductive rights in New York, the Republican-controlled State Senate voted 33-27 this week to allow over-the-counter (OTC) sales of Plan B, the emergency contraceptive marketed by Barr Laboratories. Already approved by the House, the Unintended Pregnancy Prevention Act awaits Governor Pataki’s signature. Seven other states, most recently New Hampshire, have passed measures allowing OTC sales of Plan B.
In a stranger twist to the story, in May the Senators wrote to Michael Leavitt, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, urging an investigation into the FDA’s handling of the Plan B review, specifically requesting information about news reports of a “minority report” submitted to the FDA by a member of the FDA’s advisory committee for reproductive health drugs, which voted 23-4 to approve OTC marketing of Plan B.
The author of the memo, Dr. W. David Hager, is a prominent Kentucky gynecologist who is known for his advocacy of abstinence education and opposition to premarital sex and abortion. The memo outlines reasons why the FDA should reject OTC marketing of Plan B.
According to reports based on a tape of a sermon given by Dr. Hager at Asbury College in October of 2004, Dr. Hager stated that "I was asked to write a minority opinion that was sent to the commissioner of the FDA. For the second time in five decades, the FDA did not abide by its advisory committee opinion, and the measure was rejected… I argued from a scientific perspective, and God took that information, and he used it through this minority report to influence the decision. Once again, what Satan meant for evil, God turned into good."
In their letter to Secretary Leavitt, Senators Murray and Clinton are calling for a presentation of the videotaped sermon to Congress and to the American people so that they can hear his comments on the matter directly.
While the federal agency responsible for the country’s drug supply has defied federal regulations governing its decisions under increasingly questionable circumstances, the American people have made their demand for access to appropriate medical care heard in the State governments.
http://www.healthylivingnyc.com/article/155
In a major victory for women’s reproductive rights in New York, the Republican-controlled State Senate voted 33-27 this week to allow over-the-counter (OTC) sales of Plan B, the emergency contraceptive marketed by Barr Laboratories. Already approved by the House, the Unintended Pregnancy Prevention Act awaits Governor Pataki’s signature. Seven other states, most recently New Hampshire, have passed measures allowing OTC sales of Plan B.
In a stranger twist to the story, in May the Senators wrote to Michael Leavitt, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, urging an investigation into the FDA’s handling of the Plan B review, specifically requesting information about news reports of a “minority report” submitted to the FDA by a member of the FDA’s advisory committee for reproductive health drugs, which voted 23-4 to approve OTC marketing of Plan B.
The author of the memo, Dr. W. David Hager, is a prominent Kentucky gynecologist who is known for his advocacy of abstinence education and opposition to premarital sex and abortion. The memo outlines reasons why the FDA should reject OTC marketing of Plan B.
According to reports based on a tape of a sermon given by Dr. Hager at Asbury College in October of 2004, Dr. Hager stated that "I was asked to write a minority opinion that was sent to the commissioner of the FDA. For the second time in five decades, the FDA did not abide by its advisory committee opinion, and the measure was rejected… I argued from a scientific perspective, and God took that information, and he used it through this minority report to influence the decision. Once again, what Satan meant for evil, God turned into good."
In their letter to Secretary Leavitt, Senators Murray and Clinton are calling for a presentation of the videotaped sermon to Congress and to the American people so that they can hear his comments on the matter directly.
While the federal agency responsible for the country’s drug supply has defied federal regulations governing its decisions under increasingly questionable circumstances, the American people have made their demand for access to appropriate medical care heard in the State governments.
http://www.healthylivingnyc.com/article/155
