At FDA, religion tops science - Yahoo! News
At FDA, religion tops science - Yahoo! News: "Last year, when the
Food and Drug Administration rejected an application to let the 'morning-after pill' be sold without a prescription, eyebrows were raised.
More than 70 leading medical and public health groups had said that the pill, which can prevent a pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of having sex, is safe and should be available over the counter.
Now, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office reports that the FDA's review of the application was highly unusual, confirming suspicions that the process was tainted by politics. Specifically, the politics of religion and morality. In effect, groups that believe use of the pill constitutes abortion and encourages promiscuity were able to impose their views on everyone else. In a nation founded on values of religious freedom and personal choice, that's an outrage."
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Food and Drug Administration rejected an application to let the 'morning-after pill' be sold without a prescription, eyebrows were raised.
More than 70 leading medical and public health groups had said that the pill, which can prevent a pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of having sex, is safe and should be available over the counter.
Now, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office reports that the FDA's review of the application was highly unusual, confirming suspicions that the process was tainted by politics. Specifically, the politics of religion and morality. In effect, groups that believe use of the pill constitutes abortion and encourages promiscuity were able to impose their views on everyone else. In a nation founded on values of religious freedom and personal choice, that's an outrage."
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