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Date: Nov 9, 2004 06:16 PM
Subject: american women. (send a message to the president)
Body: american women.
Body: please copy and repost with your name at the bottom
President Bush has announced his intention to appoint Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. This 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 is 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 health care are far
outside the mainstream for reproductive technology and modern gynecological practice. 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 (causes abortion). 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. Dr. 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 anti-abortion 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 message and paste it into a fresh email; then sign your name
below and SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
Every 100th person please forward e-mail to
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.
1. Daniel Chavez, Los Angeles CA
2. Bertrand Pare, Los Angeles CA
3. Jamie O'Malley, Los Angeles, CA
4. Ryan Stafford, Los Angeles, CA
5. Kerrie Scher, Los Angeles, CA
6. Seth Shellhouse, Los Angeles, CA
7. Rachel Dean, Los Angeles, CA
8. Jennifer Reyes, Los Angeles, CA
9. Michael Cohn, New York, NY
10. Caitlin Kerker Mennen, New York, NY
11. Lynn berry, New York, NY
12. Jonathan Buske, New York, NY
13. Nichole Klossner, Syracuse, NY
14. Brian Heck, Syracuse, NY
15. Perry Bean, Nashville TN
16. Stephanie Marshall, Los Angeles CA
17. Charles Brown, Nashville TN
18. Brit McDougal, Nashville, TN
19. Andrew Correro, Knoxville, TN
20. Jacqeline A. Knoeppel, Hopewell Junction, NY
21. April Camlin, Baltimore MD
Subject: american women. (send a message to the president)
Body: american women.
Body: please copy and repost with your name at the bottom
President Bush has announced his intention to appoint Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. This 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 is 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 health care are far
outside the mainstream for reproductive technology and modern gynecological practice. 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 (causes abortion). 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. Dr. 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 anti-abortion 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 message and paste it into a fresh email; then sign your name
below and SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
Every 100th person please forward e-mail to
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.
1. Daniel Chavez, Los Angeles CA
2. Bertrand Pare, Los Angeles CA
3. Jamie O'Malley, Los Angeles, CA
4. Ryan Stafford, Los Angeles, CA
5. Kerrie Scher, Los Angeles, CA
6. Seth Shellhouse, Los Angeles, CA
7. Rachel Dean, Los Angeles, CA
8. Jennifer Reyes, Los Angeles, CA
9. Michael Cohn, New York, NY
10. Caitlin Kerker Mennen, New York, NY
11. Lynn berry, New York, NY
12. Jonathan Buske, New York, NY
13. Nichole Klossner, Syracuse, NY
14. Brian Heck, Syracuse, NY
15. Perry Bean, Nashville TN
16. Stephanie Marshall, Los Angeles CA
17. Charles Brown, Nashville TN
18. Brit McDougal, Nashville, TN
19. Andrew Correro, Knoxville, TN
20. Jacqeline A. Knoeppel, Hopewell Junction, NY
21. April Camlin, Baltimore MD