FDA Appointment

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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

influenced 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

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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, MD)

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 MacMillan (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)

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76. Karen Danaher (Los Angeles,CA)

77. Susan Rice (New York, NY)

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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. Karin Rhines (Valhalla, NY)

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86. Leslie Davis (Pleasantville, NY

87. Kathi and Kevin Gaskill (Poughkeepsie, NY)

88. Tracy & Scott Rak (Brookfield, CT)

89. Michele Edelstein (White Plains, NY)

90. Abigail Kendzior (Chevy Chase, MD)

91. Stefanie Pollack (Bethesda, MD)

92. Lisa Weber (Gaithersburg, MD)

93. Mary Garrand (Alexandria, VA)

94. Debbie Kimmelman (Alexandria, VA)

95. Julie R. Jernigan (Arlington, VA)

96. Elizabeth Angevine,

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98. Lucia Hyde (Asheville, NC)

99. Cameron Richardson (Ashveville, NC)

100. Christina Bertelli (Boulder, CO)

101. Jennifer Record (Montrose, CO)

102. Elyce Canter (San Francisco, ca)

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104. Jake Bouck (Grand Rapids, MI)

105. Betsy Goodrich (Ft. Collins, CO)

106. Leigh Smith (Kalamazoo, MI)

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115. Julia Gold (Reno, NV)

116. Alice Spatz (Lanesborough,MA)

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120. Adam M Rothberg (Pittsfield, MA)

121. Maya Felber-Glick (Stockbridge, MA)

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123. Carl Oman (North Adams, MA)

124. Elizabeth Cunningham (Simsbury,Ct)

125. Alexandra G. Brown (Efland, NC)

126. Susan C. Brown

127. Beth Jacobson (Stoughton, MA)

128. Mara L. Kaufman (Peabody, MA)

129. Barbara Alevras (Wilmington, MA)

130. Raina Huebner (Wilmington,MA)

131. Ro Andersen, RN (Wakefield, MA)

132.Lucia Jenkins, RN (Wakefield,Ma)

133.Lisa Kairos, (Half Moon Bay, CA)

134. Naomi Starkman (New York, NY)

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145. Tara D. Pontani

146. Adrienne E. Truscott (brooklyn, ny)

147. Alicia E. Ward (New York, New York)

148. Lynn Yaudes (Washington, D.C.)

149. Mollie Rodriguez (Jersey City, N.J.)

150. Herman Velez (Jersey City, N.J.)

151. Rebecca Burkett (New York, NY)

152. Stacie Caine (Chicago, IL)

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154. Daniel T. Fenske(Oak Park, IL)

155. Kathleen Fenske (Chicago, IL)

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