High-ranking FDA Official resigns

[ck4829]

A high-ranking Food and Drug Administration official resigned Wednesday in protest over the agency's refusal to allow over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception. Susan Wood, director of FDA's Office of Women's Health, announced her resignation in an e-mail to colleagues at the agency. The e-mail was released by contraception advocates.

"I can no longer serve as staff when scientific and clinical evidence, fully evaluated and recommended for approval by the professional staff here, has been overruled . . . The recent decision announced by the Commissioner about emergency contraception, which continues to limit women's access to a product that would reduce unintended pregnancies and reduce abortions, is contrary to my core commitment to improving and advancing women's health."

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/31/135447/395

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. I wonder if her resignation will help or hurt

But I understand her doing it.

[ck4829]

2. Self-Kick

All these threads about looting are displacing threads of other topics.

[Vinca]

3. It's a shame good people leave, but can you blame them?

This ruling is so idiotic it defies any logic. Note to anti-abortion extremists: eggs are often fertilized but do not implant . . . naturally. Maybe you should start holding funerals every month just in case one has been flushed. Sheesh.