Re: bushism
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Nov 10 14:52:20 2004
Dan ... we need you LOL
art
At Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:
>
>As the country reaps what it sowed, I shall begin to acquaint myself with
>the treatment for illegal septic abortion complications. I missed the first
>go around.
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD
>
> _____
>
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Allen,
>Christina R.
>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8:15 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: bushism
>
>"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."
>
>Chris
>
> _____
>
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of
>DoctorJoe@aol.com
>Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 5:12 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: The Bush era has begun in earnest
>
>In a message dated 11/9/04 16:01:30, rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com writes:
>
>http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20041109/pl_usatoday/drugg
>istsrefusetogiveoutpill
>
>How is this a Bushism? This stuff has been percolating for YEARS. And guess
>what - if Kerry had won (or Gore, for that matter) it would STILL be going
>on. I don't see how this story, being run a week after the election, has any
>real connection WITH the election.
>
>Joe P.
>
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--
art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
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