Fucking brilliant:
Susan Wood, director of FDA’s Office of Women’s Health, announced her resignation in an e-mail to colleagues at the agency…
The FDA last Friday postponed indefinitely its decision on whether to allow the morning-after pill, called Plan B, to be sold without a prescription. The agency said it was safe for adults to use without a doctor’s guidance but was unable to decide how to keep it out of the hands of young teenagers without a prescription — a decision contrary to the advice of its own scientific advisers.
“I can no longer serve as staff when scientific and clinical evidence, fully evaluated and recommended for approval by the professional staff here, has been overruled,” wrote Wood, who also was assistant commissioner for women’s health. “The recent decision announced by the Commissioner about emergency contraception, which continues to limit women’s access to a product that would reduce unintended pregnancies and reduce abortions, is contrary to my core commitment to improving and advancing women’s health.”
NY Times
The FDA Commissioner, Lester Crawford, promised Congress that he would make a final decision on over-the-counter Plan B by September 1st. Instead, he has postponed it again. I am so sick of the Republicans pretending that they want to limit abortion. They have no desire to do anything about abortion other than using it as a wedge issue. God forbid a ‘young teenager’ should get a hold of emergency contraception.
