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Plan B objections rooted in politics
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 25, 2005 12:48pm |
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| News Date | Friday, March 25, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Congressional representatives are concerned about the role of politics in the FDA's decisions. The debate surrounds the decision of Dr. Steven Galson, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, to overrule the recommendation of an advisory panel and not allow Plan B, also known as "the morning after pill," to be sold over the counter.
Galson's second objection to Plan B was even more absurd. He concluded young women would be more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior if they had easy access to emergency contraception. It is not the FDA's job to "take into account how some people might change their behavior because a drug is more available."
One doctor noted, "The agency was unlikely to ask the makers of anticholesterol pills if people would eat more cheeseburgers when their drugs became available over the counter." |
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