File another one under “ridiculous ideology vs. compassionate science.”
According to tomorrow’s Washington Post (March 24, 2009; p. AO2, subscription required), US District Judge Edward R. Korman is requiring the FDA to revisit its position on Plan B, enacted during the Bush administration, and to make the “emergency contraceptive” available to 17 year old girls within 30 days, and to further explore making the abortifacient available to all girls without a doctor’s prescription.
The Bush-era FDA had denied the abortion-causing drug to girls under 18 without a prescription.
Which seems logical.
To me.
Requiring parental involvement and a doctor’s care before taking a drug known to cause the death of tiny human beings and do possible harm to a young girl’s body just seems logical.
But, then again, I am not a judge issuing orders based on ideology-free science.
