FDA Delays Decision on ‘Morning After’ Pill
Aug. 26, 2005 - The FDA has put off deciding whether to allow over-the-counter sales of the Plan B “morning after” pill.
The problem isn’t safety, says FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford, DVM, PhD. The agency is convinced the emergency contraceptive is safe for all women.
The problem, Crawford says, is that the FDA isn’t convinced that women under the age of 17 can understand the product’s instructions for use. That’s why last year it rejected the full over-the-counter status requested by manufacturer Barr Pharmaceuticals.
I also just read about the head of the FDA’s dept of like “women’s health” resigning because they said this was all a big pile of stinking abortion politics.
Kind of makes me sick. I don’t really have much else to add on the matter, except that THIS IS NOT ABORTION! IT IS CONTRACEPTION!
Which I suppose is also against the über-religious right.
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