The president of the nation’s biggest abortion business is upset that her political ally Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, rejected a company’s bid to see the morning after pill over the counter to underage girls.
Cecile Richards released a letter today to demand a meeting with Sebelius concerning the decision.
“I write to request a meeting to discuss the Department of Health and Human Services’ decision yesterday to overrule the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and deny Teva Women’s Health Inc’s application to make Plan B One-Step emergency contraception available over the counter to women of all reproductive age,” she said.
“All women deserve timely access to emergency contraception and Teva’s proposal to lift the unnecessary and burdensome barriers to EC was both based on sound science and in the interest of public health. HHS’ decision to overrule the FDA hurts all women by imposing arbitrary restrictions on a product that is only effective when taken in a timely manner,” Richards wrote.
It’s harder when you have to talk about how this decision makes any kind of sense, because frankly, I’m not sure it does,” said Elizabeth Shipp, the political director of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
It wasn’t just Democrats and abortion rights groups that howled when HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the FDA on Wednesday and declared that Plan B shouldn’t be available over the counter to girls under age 17. It was medical groups, too — because in their view, the evidence is already settled that the emergency contraception is safe and effective, regardless of age.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine all blasted the decision.
The Obama administration was examining the possibility of selling the morning after pill to teenagers and the FDA had until today to respond to a request from the maker of the Plan B drug to sell it on the shelves and not behind the pharmacist’s counter. However, although the FDA initially approved the decision, the HHS department overruled it.
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Another broken promise by the Obama administration...
Cecile Richards released a letter today to demand a meeting with Sebelius concerning the decision.
“I write to request a meeting to discuss the Department of Health and Human Services’ decision yesterday to overrule the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and deny Teva Women’s Health Inc’s application to make Plan B One-Step emergency contraception available over the counter to women of all reproductive age,” she said.
“All women deserve timely access to emergency contraception and Teva’s proposal to lift the unnecessary and burdensome barriers to EC was both based on sound science and in the interest of public health. HHS’ decision to overrule the FDA hurts all women by imposing arbitrary restrictions on a product that is only effective when taken in a timely manner,” Richards wrote.
It’s harder when you have to talk about how this decision makes any kind of sense, because frankly, I’m not sure it does,” said Elizabeth Shipp, the political director of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
It wasn’t just Democrats and abortion rights groups that howled when HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the FDA on Wednesday and declared that Plan B shouldn’t be available over the counter to girls under age 17. It was medical groups, too — because in their view, the evidence is already settled that the emergency contraception is safe and effective, regardless of age.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine all blasted the decision.
The Obama administration was examining the possibility of selling the morning after pill to teenagers and the FDA had until today to respond to a request from the maker of the Plan B drug to sell it on the shelves and not behind the pharmacist’s counter. However, although the FDA initially approved the decision, the HHS department overruled it.
:lol:
Another broken promise by the Obama administration...
