Old news bob. Hager was appointed last year.
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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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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, 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 held
: hostage 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.