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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2009
Over the summer the US Food and Drug Administration approved Next Choice, a generic “emergency contraceptive/abortifacient,” reports EmpowHer. According to the Next Choice site, the product prevents a pregnancy the same way that a birth control pill does. It is believed that Next Choice prevents the egg from being (1) released from the ovary (ovulation), [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 25th, 2009
The AP reports The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would accept, not appeal, a federal judge’s order that lifts Bush administration restrictions limiting over-the-counter sales of “Plan B” to women 18 and older. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ruled last month in a lawsuit filed in New York that President George W. Bush’s [...]
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, [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
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