Please consider this petition. The struggle continues.

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(Bush has appointment of Dr. Hager to the FDA. Please read below and
complete the petition if you believe it is important to do so.)
President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee has not met for more than two years, during which time its charter lapsed. As a result, the Bush Administration is tasked with filling all eleven positions with new members. This position does not require Congressional approval. The FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee makes crucial decisions on matters relating to drugs used
in the practice of obstetrics, gynecology and related specialties, including hormone therapy, contraception, treatment for infertility, and medical alternatives to surgical procedures for sterilization and pregnancy termination. Dr. Hager, the author of "As Jesus Cared for Women: Restoring Women Then and Now." The book blends biblical accounts of Christ healing Women with case studies from Hager's practice. His views of reproductive health care are far
outside the mainstream for reproductive technology. Dr. Hager is a
practicing OB/GYN who describes himself as "pro-life" and refuses to
prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women. In the book Dr.Hager wrote with his wife, entitled "Stress and the Woman's Body," he suggests that women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome should seek help from reading the bible and praying. As an editor and contributing author of "The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality Reproductive Technologies and the Family," Dr. Hager appears to have endorsed the medically inaccurate assertion that the common birth control pill is an abortifacient. We are concerned that Dr. Hager's strong religious beliefs may color his
assessment of technologies that are necessary to protect women's lives for to preserve and promote women's health. Hager's track record of using religious beliefs to guide his medical decision-making makes him a dangerous and inappropriate candidate to serve as chair of this committee. Critical drug public policy and research must not be held hostage by antiabortion politics. Members of this important panel should be appointed on the basis of science and medicine, rather than politics and religion. American women deserve no less. There is something you can do. Below is a statement to be sent to the White House, opposing the placement of Hager.

(1) Please copy and paste (DON'T forward) the entire email into a fresh
email; then sign your name below. After you sign, SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON
YOU KNOW WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
(2) Every 10th person who signs the list (i.e., #10, #20, #30, etc.) -
please forward the entire e-mail to [e-mail]

We oppose the appointment of Dr. W. David Hager to the FDA Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. Mixing religion and medicine is unacceptable in a policy-making position. Using the FDA to promote a political agenda is inappropriate and seriously threatens women's health. Members of this important panel should be appointed on the basis of science
and medicine, rather than politics and religion.
American women deserve no less.

1. Susan Tannenbaum ( Owings Mills,Maryland)
2. Susan Levine (Silver Spring,MD)
3. Audrey Funk (Henderson,NV)
4. Susan Lowe Shlisky (Las Vegas,NV)
5. Michelle Straub-Wilensky (Los Angeles,CA)
6. Patricia Phelan(San Francisco,CA)
7. Victoria Einhorn(san anselmo, ca)
8. Brad Einhorn(Brooklyn,NY)
9. Bethany M acMillan (Brooklyn,NY)
10. Amy Russell (Louisville,Kentucky)
11. Beverly D. Moore (Louisville,Kentucky)
12.Connie O. Byrne (Kannapolis,North Carolina)
13. Janet C. Haas (Charlotte,North Carolina)
14. Heather Vrana (Charlotte,NC)
15. Clare M. Evans (Newport,VA)
16.Kathy Chadwick
17.Jim Chadwick
18.Claire Grimm Chadwick
19.Lindsay Addison (Naples,FL)
20. Peggy Addison (Naples,FL)
21. David Addison (Naples,FL)
22. Howard Schumsky (Orlando,FL)
23.Kristie Born (Orlando,FL)
24. Paul Boyd (Atlantic Highlands,NJ)
25. Lois Jensen (NYC, NY)
26. Catherine Rubenstein (Belvedere, CA)
27. Anne Rubenstein (Belvedere, CA)
28. Dirk Rubenstein (Belvedere, CA)
29. Barbara K. Westover (Oakland, CA)
30. Sharon Bjornson (Oakland, CA)
31. Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell (Philadelphia, PA)
32. Hana Elwell (Brooklyn,NY)
33. Jen Song (Brooklyn, NY)
34. Janet Lo (New York,NY)
35. Emily Horowitz (New York, NY)
36. Daniel Horowitz (New York, NY)
37.Josh Hyman (New York, NY)
38. Mona Goldsmith (Plainview, NY)
39.Kate Striano (Newtown, CT)
40. Elissa Gellis ( Newtown, CT)
41. Diane Thompson (Sandy Hook, CT)
42. LInda Parsloe (Sandy Hook, CT)
43. Judy Juracek (Darien,CT)
44. Deborah Meisels (City Island, NY)
45. P. Briggs Saroch (Greenfield, MA)
46. Diane Fisher-Katz (Northampton, MA)
47. Kirsten Cirincione (Florence, MA)
48. Jane Lynch (Florence, MA)
49. Kathleen Kennedy (Santa Barbara, CA)
50. Leslie Palmer (San Antonio, TX)
51. Julie Toland, Middletown, RI
52. Josie Merck,( Cos Cob, CT)
53. Elizabeth O'Neill (Boston, MA)
54. Joan O'Neill (Traverse City, MI)
55. Barbara Becker (Concord, CA)
56. Ken Bruckmeier (Oakland,CA)
57. Margret Elson (Oakland, CA)
58, Marsha Sherman (Portland, OR)
59. Marinell Eva (Santa Rosa, CA)
60. Sharon Oman (Petaluma, CA)
61. Adrienne Davis (Santa Rosa, CA)
62. Barbara Carlson (Santa Rosa, CA)
63. Karen Grace-Kaho (Sacramento , CA)
64. Mary Beth Love (San Francisco, CA)
65. Ruth Finnerty (Oakland, CA)
66. Rosalie Holtz
67. Kay Corlett (Albany, CA)
68. Connie Barnes (Oakley, CA)
69. Donna Ventura (Brentwood, CA)
70. Nancy Herman (Lafayette,CA)
71. Shirley Chang (Berkeley, CA)
72. Nola Chavez (El Cerrito, CA)
73. Elspeth Wells (Clayton, CA)
74. Phyllis Berger (Los Angeles, CA)
75. Joan Barnett (Boston, Ma.)
76. Karen Danaher(Los Angeles,CA)
77. Susan Rice (New York, NY)
78. Alan Wagner (New York, NY)
79. Jane Altman (New York, NY)
80. Sheila Friedman (Yardley, PA)
81. Susan Cooper (Brookfield, CT)
82. Elissa Fisher (Pleasantville, NY)
83. Angela Usobiaga (Pleasantville, NY)
84. Katherine Procopio Goodman (Katonah, NY)
85. Jessica White (Dobbs Ferry,NY)
86. Danielle Bottari (New York,NY)
87. Jennifer Getschmann (New York, NY)
88. Sung Pak (New York, NY)
89. Sharon Pak (New York, NY)
90. Pamela Gold(Jersey City, NJ)
91. Mindy Drossner (Lafayette Hill, PA)
92.Stephanie Choder (Gladwyne, PA)
93. Robin Stern (Lafayette Hill, PA)
94.Emily Newman (Syracuse, NY)
95. Mark Stern (syracuse, NY)
96. Robin Fink (Philadelphia, PA 19102)
97. Greg Rosen (New York, NY)
98, Durelle Schacter (San MAteo, CA)
99,rachel stewart (san anselmo ca)
100 Joyce Goldstein ( San Francisco)
101 Kate Slate (New York city)
102 Mardee Regan (Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY)
103 Brad Mehldau (Newburgh, NY)
104 Augusta Quirk (Summerland,CA)
105. Carolyn Furlong (St. Babs,CA)
106. Alexandra Morath (Santa Barbara, CA)
107. Talia Camarena (New York, NY)
108. Stuart Baldwin (New York, NY)
109. Julie Clarke (Chapel Hill, NC)
110. Vivian Chen (Chapel Hill, NC)
111.Sheryl Trager (New York, NY)
112. Debra Carbonaro (New York, NY)
113. Bowie Maksrivorawa (New York, NY)
114. Dawn Wetzel (Memphis, TN)
115. Posey Hedges (Memphis, TN)
116.Jim Spake (Memphis, TN)
117. Charlie Wood (Memphis, TN)
118. Kathy Kosins ( Birmingham, Michigan)
119. Dan Pliskow (Royal Oak, Mi.)
120.Susan B. Anderson (Pacifica, CA)
121. Laurence D. Anderson (Pacifica,CA)
122. Irene Spang (San Francisco, CA)
123. John L. Spang (San Francisco, CA)
124. Katherine Albrecht (San Francisco, CA)
125. Suzane Kavert (San Francisco, CA)
126. Chris Kavert (San Francisco, CA)
127. Holly Milne (San Francisco, CA)
128. Emma Tresemer (San Francisco, CA)
129. Jennifer Black (Boulder, CO)
130. Jesse Ritch (Boulder, CO)
131. Lily Fessenden (Searsmont, ME)
132. Terrence Keeney (East Montpelier, VT)
133. Penelope Stout-Hammar (Milton, VT)
134. Susannah Hammar (Medford, MA)
135. Leslie Stephenson (Riverdale, NY)
136. Marisa Mann (Woodmere, NY)
137. Stacey Ganina (Riverdale, NY)
138. Alex Kehl (New York, NY)
139. Elissa Leonard (Freeport, ME)
140. Maria Dewees (Waltham, MA)
141. Bennet Leon (Sudbury, MA)
142. Maria Jenness (Newport, VT)
145. Allie Leib (Ridgefield, CT)
146. Mathy Mezey (Ardsley, NY)
147. Ariel Samuelson (Newton, MA)
148. Jenn Dawes (Newton, MA)
149. Shannon Murphy (Lunenburg, MA)
150. Emily Knupp (Littleton, MA)
151. Elisabeth Fieldstone Kanner (Cambridge, MA)
152. Heather Harding (Belmont, MA)
153. Mica Pollock (Somerville, MA)
154. Nira Pollock, M.D. (Boston, MA)
155. Jaylyn Olivo (Brookline, MA)
156. Mary Eliot Jackson (Royalston,MA)
157. John Hsia (Cambridge, MA)
158. Ann Carlson (Marblehead, MA)
159. Meliti Dikeos (Cambridge, MA)
160. Anne-Sophie Divenyi (Lynn, MA)
161. Pauline von Moos (Los Angeles, CA)
161. Patryce Bak (Brooklyn, NY)
162. Jared Barron (Brooklyn, NY)
163. Gigi Chew (Brooklyn, NY)
164. Christy Karacas (Brooklyn, NY)
165. Maureen Panzera (New York, NY)
166. Bernadette Brick (Brooklyn, NY)
167. Claire Adas (Lambertville, NJ)
168. Aylin Green (Lambertville, NJ)

[Francesca]

1. Too late see text-email petition out of date

This petition, circulating in various forms since October 2002, is now outdated. Over critics' objections, Dr. W. David Hager was successfully appointed to the FDA Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee in December 2002 (though not as chairman, as some had expected) and reappointed in June 2004 to serve an additional year.

[indigolady]

4. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE...

I copied it, but was wondering about the wisdom of sending the white house a list with my name on it. I don't want my house bombed. I'm so glad I'm old!

[Francesca]

2. don't be embarrassed

it's been going around for a while and a lot of people I know have been sending it to me and were mortified to learn it was not current...

[Anakin Skywalker]

3. So....

I see that this Dr. Hager has practiced his love with a lot of women by unprofessionally injecting his personal views into his job :) How nice.