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Re: changes in the FDA
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Sep 14 08:15:42 2004
No worries Lisa! We all make mistakes. I did not know anything about
this, even though it was "old news" so I for one appreciated it. It is
too late to change it now, but it may very well effect how I vote in the
upcoming election! I personally did not feel stupid and would rather
hear about any news regarding women's health, even if it isn't current.
I say keep the info coming!
Hugs!
Amy
At Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Lisa wrote:
>
>First of all i want to apologize, I didn't know that this was "OLD
>NEWS", I just got this sent to me and thought I would pass it along. My
>intentions were just to share the info I had received to help along
>myself and other women in this fight with endo and of course the
>government is always involved when it comes to health care. Secondly,
>though i feel silly for not knowing this ahead of time that this was old
>news, I was never intending for women to write to this in effort to make
>them look STUPID. I do my best to try to share the info I find as many
>of the women on here do, I did assume that this was legit. since it was
>sent to me from another endo forum. To any of you who went ahead and
>sent a letter, i'm sorry for posting outdated info, and to "anonymous",
>it was a mistake......maybe in my next life i will be perfect!
>
>--
>Lisa Loy
>
>At Sat, 11 Sep 2004, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>Old news, why is this even still circulating on the internet?? the man
>>has already been appointed since TWO years ago! i agree the guy is a
>>jerky zealot who shouldn't even be treating cattle, but this is old and
>>writing letters about it today will just make everyone who sends them
>>look stupid and out of touch and behind the times.
>>
>>At Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Lisa wrote:
>>>
>>>hi ladies, i recieved this from another endo forum that i belong to.
>>>before you read this, let me say that i am a strong believer in God and
>>>i am not posting this in anyway to go against God, i pray daily for the
>>>women on here as well as myself and my family, however, i do believe
>>>what this man stands for and his understanding of how women's health
>>>should be managed is completely wrong, and being a sufferer of endo and
>>>a woman, i am very concerned about this man having reign over our health
>>>and the treatments available. below i have posted the email i
>>>recieved.....
>>>
>>>Some people here may be interested in this so
>>>forwarding this message about changes to the
>>>Federal Government Women's Advisory Committee of
>>>FDA:
>>>
>>>--- Forwarded email:
>>>>
>>>> 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 productive 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.
>>>>
>>>> There is something you can do. Below is a
>>>> letter to be sent to the White
>>>>
>>>> House, opposing the placement of Hager.
>>>>
>>>> Please copy all the text of this email and
>>>> paste it into a fresh email and
>>>>
>>>> SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO IS
>>>> CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
>>>>
>>>> EQUALLY IMPORTANT: Please forward the following
>>>> e-mail, or write your own
>>>>
>>>> version, to
>>>>
>>><mailto:%3cmailto:president@whitehouse.gov%3epresident@whitehouse.gov>
>>>>
>>><mailto:president@whitehouse.gov>president@whitehouse.gov
>>>>
>>>> I 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.
>>>>
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