One News Now (Link) - Charlie Butts (April 24 2009)
Parents should be furious that a federal agency is putting their minor daughters at great health risk. That's one reaction to a recent ruling on the "morning-after" pill.
The "morning-after" pill is to be sold, without prescription, to minors as young as 17. The Food and Drug Administration issued the order after one New York federal judge ruled along the same line. Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America, is livid.
"This decision is driven by politics, not what is good for patients or minors," exclaims Wright. "Parents should be furious at the FDA's complete disregard of parental rights and the safety of minors."
The judge's decision was based on old information, she notes -- but now much more is known about the controversial regimen.
"Even well-known advocates [for Plan B] -- researchers in favor of the morning-after pill -- have admitted that it is very ineffective," Wright points out. "It doesn't reduce pregnancies, and making the drug easy to get without a prescription neither reduces pregnancies or abortions."
Moreover, there is no research on what side-effects the drug might have on a woman's health. As Wright points out, it is nothing more than a high dose of birth-control pills -- and testing has not been conducted to determine the effects of using it multiple times.
She laments reports from pregnancy counselors that some women are relying on Plan B as a regular form of birth control because it is easy to obtain.
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