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Date Posted: 08:25:50 11/09/04 Tue
I received one of those *urgent* forwards today, reading it, I decided that it is indeed *urgent*. Ladies this has to do with who The President is nominating to advise on the subject of Medicines relevant to Female Reproductive Health. This is an OB/Gyn who does not prescribe Birth Control for unmarried women, and who does prescribe prayer to Jesus, for PMS. It would be possible for his recommendations to influence how medicare pays out for birth control, among other issues. Here is the email, and the request for response to washington.
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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 is 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 or 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
president@whitehouse.gov
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.
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