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Urge the FDA to improve access to the morning-after pill
Target: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Acting Commissioner, Andrew von EschenbachSponsored by: NARAL Pro-Choice America
The Bush administration has broken its promise to make a decision on the morning-after pill by September 1.
American women have waited more than two years for the FDA to decide whether women can purchase the morning-after pill over the counter. The delays persist despite The Bush administration's explicit promise to the U.S. Senate that the FDA would stop dragging its feet and issue a decision by September 1.
Now that Lester Crawford has abruptly resigned his post as Commissioner after just three months on the job, we have a real opportunity for progress under new FDA leadership.
Join us in telling the FDA that Americans are fed up with anti-choice politics getting in the way of sound science and women's access to birth control. Sign our petition to the FDA today!
American women have waited more than two years for the FDA to decide whether women can purchase the morning-after pill over the counter. The delays persist despite The Bush administration's explicit promise to the U.S. Senate that the FDA would stop dragging its feet and issue a decision by September 1.
Now that Lester Crawford has abruptly resigned his post as Commissioner after just three months on the job, we have a real opportunity for progress under new FDA leadership.
Join us in telling the FDA that Americans are fed up with anti-choice politics getting in the way of sound science and women's access to birth control. Sign our petition to the FDA today!
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We signed the “Urge the FDA to improve access to the morning-after pill” petition!
# 100:
12:40 pm PDT, Sep 1,
Annamaria Koncz, Michigan
# 99:
12:14 pm PDT, Sep 1,
Natalie Davis, Maryland
# 98:
11:47 am PDT, Sep 1,
Alanna Rice, New York
# 97:
11:43 am PDT, Sep 1,
Gregory Esteve, Florida
# 96:
10:57 am PDT, Sep 1,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 95:
9:35 am PDT, Sep 1,
Suzanne Cobb, Arizona
Women have the right to access safe contraceptives, without going through a lengthy process. By the time many women could even get an appointment with their doctor, their eggs may have already been fertilized. We need to prevent unwanted pregnancies so that we can prevent abortions and child abandonment. The right to choose is not a privilage, it belongs to everyone. If you could choose between having an unwanted child, or using a contraceptive that'd prevent it, well, the answer is clear. There are too many unwanted children suffering in horrid conditions, being punnished for their parents' mistakes, or presure from society to have them. Women are perfectly able to decide for themselves something that will so profoundly affect their future.
Women have the right to access safe contraceptives, without going through a lengthy process. By the time many women could even get an appointment with their doctor, their eggs may have already been fertilized. We need to prevent unwanted pregnancies so that we can prevent abortions and child abandonment. The right to choose is not a privilage, it belongs to everyone. If you could choose between having an unwanted child, or using a contraceptive that'd prevent it, well, the answer is clear. There are too many unwanted children suffering in horrid conditions, being punnished for their parents' mistakes, or presure from society to have them. Women are perfectly able to decide for themselves something that will so profoundly affect their future.
# 94:
9:06 am PDT, Sep 1,
Autumn Robbins, Pennsylvania
# 93:
8:18 am PDT, Sep 1,
Kristance Harlow, Vermont
# 92:
7:15 am PDT, Sep 1,
Rich Ruckman, West Virginia
# 91:
6:45 am PDT, Sep 1,
Vidya Sims, California
# 90:
6:20 am PDT, Sep 1,
Diane Johnson-Walker, Illinois
# 89:
4:51 am PDT, Sep 1,
Tracye Sine, Pennsylvania
# 88:
4:47 am PDT, Sep 1,
Out Inforce, Nebraska
NARAL's extreme agenda will kill many young women. It has already killed millions of pre-born babies.
NARAL's extreme agenda will kill many young women. It has already killed millions of pre-born babies.
# 87:
10:55 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, Michigan
# 86:
10:35 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Abby Smith, New York
You are pandering to the Christian Right at the expense of women's lives. Show some spine and expedite this sensible access to birth control.
You are pandering to the Christian Right at the expense of women's lives. Show some spine and expedite this sensible access to birth control.
# 85:
10:34 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, Utah
# 84:
10:27 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Heather Wilkes, Arizona
# 83:
10:25 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, New York
# 82:
10:21 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Betty Blue, California
# 81:
10:20 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Deborah Dixon, California
# 80:
8:39 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Lya Barrioz, Nicaragua
Any woman in Nicaragua is allowed to buy over the counter morning after pills without prescriptions...It's unbelievable that my poor country is far more modern and conscious than yours...
Any woman in Nicaragua is allowed to buy over the counter morning after pills without prescriptions...It's unbelievable that my poor country is far more modern and conscious than yours...
# 79:
8:23 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Andrea Sol, California
# 78:
8:22 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Pam Boland, Georgia
# 77:
8:04 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 76:
7:49 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, Singapore
# 75:
6:19 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Katherine Chess, California
# 74:
6:15 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Amy Robinson, Kentucky
It's not abortion - It's prevention - It uses the same chemicals as the pill we already use - it's about time it was legal
It's not abortion - It's prevention - It uses the same chemicals as the pill we already use - it's about time it was legal
# 73:
6:09 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Maria Maldonado, Mexico
# 72:
5:00 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Dorothy Church, California
# 71:
2:36 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Justine Clisham, New York
# 70:
11:47 am PDT, Aug 31,
Edward Cook, Arizona
# 69:
11:34 am PDT, Aug 31,
Nika Strukelj, Slovenia
# 68:
9:42 am PDT, Aug 31,
Matthew Whitcomb, Colorado
Birth control is the most effective way to prevent unwanted pregnancies so why are you dragging your feet?
Birth control is the most effective way to prevent unwanted pregnancies so why are you dragging your feet?
# 67:
7:32 am PDT, Aug 31,
Lisa Spellacy, Ohio
# 66:
6:53 am PDT, Aug 31,
Marcela Del valle, California
# 65:
6:53 am PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed
# 64:
6:28 am PDT, Aug 31,
Shani Zour, United Kingdom
# 63:
5:06 am PDT, Aug 31,
John Bass, California
# 62:
# 61:
3:29 am PDT, Aug 31,
Lulu Maknoon, Washington
# 60:
3:27 am PDT, Aug 31,
Lucia Wo, Illinois
# 59:
1:03 am PDT, Aug 31,
Karin Kane, New Jersey
# 58:
10:17 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Claire Watson, California
Please make emergency contraception as easy to obtain as possible
Please make emergency contraception as easy to obtain as possible
# 57:
9:57 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Erin Dart, Massachusetts
# 56:
9:36 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Anna Smith, Kansas
Religion and politics are illegally allowed to be mixed. No child unwanted.
Religion and politics are illegally allowed to be mixed. No child unwanted.
# 55:
9:13 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, Maine
Research shows it is safe and effective. Stop delaying approval of this medication to please a religious group. Or are you going to stop selling all medications because it is against the beliefs of some religious groups as well?
Research shows it is safe and effective. Stop delaying approval of this medication to please a religious group. Or are you going to stop selling all medications because it is against the beliefs of some religious groups as well?
# 54:
7:27 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Kelsey Lissner, California
# 53:
6:46 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Toni Nesbitt-Hanson, Texas
Women are responsible for their bodies not the government.
Women are responsible for their bodies not the government.
# 52:
5:54 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Paul Uecker, Minnesota
# 51:
5:30 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Nicole Kyle, Illinois