Petition | Urge the FDA to improve access to the morning-after pill

[Shallah Kali]

Target: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Commissioner Lester Crawford
Sponsor: NARAL Pro-Choice America

The Bush administration has broken its promise to make a decision on the morning-after pill by September 1.

American women have waited more than two years for the FDA to decide whether women can purchase the morning-after pill over the counter. The Bush administration explicitly promised the U.S. Senate that the FDA would stop dragging its feet and issue a decision by September 1. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-WA) secured this written promise last month as part of an agreement to lift their hold on the nomination of Lester Crawford to the post of FDA commissioner.

By constantly delaying the decision, Bush's FDA is allowing a small number of anti-birth control zealots to prescribe policy for women's birth control options.

Help us tell the FDA that Americans don't appreciate anti-choice politics getting in the way of sound science and women's access to birth control. Sign our petition to the FDA today

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/127076967

[Der Blaue Engel]

1. Done

Only 81 signatures...get signin' DU! :)

[countmyvote4real]

2. I have to wonder why this treatment is considered safe in

"Catholic" countries like France, but not here in the USA. Silly me. They are reality based. The * FDA prefers bribes so they can authorize drugs that produce strokes for their citizens.

And they obviously have more bribes to thwart this option. I guess everyone should have a right to life on the Gulf coast. (That was smarmy, but I'm posting it anyway.)

[bliss_eternal]

3. France is lookin' better and better-- Done...

:hi:

[I_Make_Mistakes]

4. The excuse I heard today was drum roll please

While it is safe for adult women, the FDA has no way to prevent underage child from obtaining this over the counter drug!

What a crock! As a smoker, I say, they card for cigarettes, if it's good enough for butts than why isn't it good enough for this pill?

[Payne]

7. How Horrible

"While it is safe for adult women, the FDA has no way to prevent underage child from obtaining this over the counter drug!"

Kids using protection*gasp*
:wow:

[countmyvote4real]

5. Except for the Jerry Lewis thing, France has always been better

[bliss_eternal]

8. Yeah--the Jerry Lewis thing is rather disturbing

but I may have to overlook that. The states are becoming more disturbing than France loving Jerry. :scared:

[really annoyed]

6. Done

The "morning-after pill" will reduce abortion. You'd think the "pro-life" side would see that argument.

[Shallah Kali]

9. They aren't just 'pro-life' they are anti-sex. why else also oppose condom

Look at these groups so many also oppose comdoms for countries stricken by AIDS. I can only conclude that these people think anyone who has sex outside of marriage and/or for anything other than producing a quiverful of kids deserves to die.