Dr. W. Hager to FDA Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee

November 10, 2004

Mr. President,

We oppose the appointment of Dr. W. David Hager to the FDA ReproductiveHealth Drugs Advisory Committee. Mixing religion and medicine isunacceptable in a policy-making position. Using the FDA to promote apolitical agenda is inappropriate and seriously threatens women'shealth.Members of this important panel should be appointed on the basis ofscience and medicine, rather than politics and religion. American women deserveno less.91. Helen Klonaris (Coral Gables, FL)92. Amanda Lowe (Boston, MA)93. Evelyn G. Wertenberger (Wheat Ridge, CO)94. Carol Farina, RN (Lakewood, CO)95. Carol McManus, (Grand Junction, CO)96. May Chism-Braselton (Basalt, CO)97. Amy Larkin (Jackson, WY)98. Claudia Eberspacher (Fort Collins, CO)99. Samantha Murphy (Fort Collins, CO)100. Melissa Selby (Fort Collins, CO)101. Shauna C. Davis-Hunter (Loveland, CO)102. Keith Colton (Fort Collins, CO)103. Sherry WeMott Colton (Fort Collins, CO)104. Nicole Steed (Fort Collins, CO)105. Katherine Dykstra (New York, NY)106. Loreena White (Jersey City, NJ)107. Marly Kurtzer (Brooklyn, NY)108. Nadia Giuliano (NY, NY)109. Nanda Prabhakar (Brooklyn, NY)110. Deborah W. Paris (Cleveland, OH)111. David Paris (Venice, CA)112. Cinda Rosenberg (Pacific Palisades, CA)113. Madeline Gold (Los Angeles, CA)114. Stefanie Roth (Los Angeles, CA)115. Amie Gleed (Los Angeles, CA)116. Holly Rhode (Chicago, IL)117. Ruth Dickinson (Kenosha, WI)118. Jeff Doenges (Bethesda, MD)119. Jennifer M. Hernandez (New York, NY)120. Sejin Kim (New York, NY)121. James Vinett (New York, NY)122. Dante Mastri (New York, NY)123. Seth Schaberg (New York, NY)124. Lee Schaberg (Saline, Mi.)125. Susan Elliott (Ypsilanti, MI)126. James Galligan (Livonia,MI)127. (The Rev.) Mark A. Jenkins128. (The Rev.) Linda Northcraft (Southfield, MI)129. Ellen Ehrlich (Southfield, MI)130. McGreevy (Bloomfield, MI)131. Anne Switzer (Royal Oak, MI)132. Courtney Lee Adams Jr. (New York, NY)133. Donna Knipp (New York, NY)134. Fran Sanders (Houston, TX)135. Sandra Lloyd (Houston, TX)136. Becky Soria ( Bellaire, TX )137. Jana Rosenbaum (Houston, TX)138. Eliza Howard (Houston, TX)139. Dawn Finley (Houston, TX)140. Philip Lee (New York, NY)141. Roxana Ramseur (New York, NY)142. Brett Bara (New York, NY)143. Rachel Manis (New York, NY)144. Kristin Capuano (New York, NY)145. Lauren Solomon (New York, NY)146. Jenna Farkas (New York, NY)147. Susan Werbe (New York, NY)148. Marion Matison (Los Angeles, CA)149. James Matison (Los Angeles, CA)150. A. Zorel Paritzky (Los Angeles, CA)151. Adina Paritzky (Los Angeles)152. Shira Elias (Los Angeles, CA)153. Alexander Elias (Los Angeles, CA)154. Ariel Margolis (Los Angeles, CA)155. Heather Bogdanoff Baker (New York, NY)156. Kim Ross (NY, NY)157. Beth Travers (NY, NY)158. Alexandra Desbrow (New Vernon, NJ)159. Evelyne Desbrow (New Vernon, NJ)160. Linda Butler (Washington, D.C.)161. Michele Esposito (Reston, VA)162. Jennifer Welsh (Alexandria, VA)163. Selena Malott (Silver Spring, MD)164. Leslie Geer (Austin, TX)165. Rossana de la Noval (Seattle WA)166. Amy L. Spears (Norman, OK)

167. Joan Mootry (Spokane, WA)

168. Elizabeth Elliott (Louisville, KY )

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