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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 Eschenbach
Sponsored 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!

deadline: 11-1-2005
goal: 35,000

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Dear Acting Commissioner,

I urge you to approve an application to make Plan B available to women over the counter, Docket 2005N-0345.

Plan B, a safe and effective emergency contraceptive (EC), could reduce the number of unintended pregnancies each year by half. Improving access to EC is particularly important for survivors of sexual assault, the majority of whom do not receive information about EC in the emergency room.

Your own advisory committees overwhelmingly recommended making the morning-after pill available without a prescription. It's time to put pressure from anti-choice and anti-birth control lawmakers aside and listen to the scientists.

[YOUR PERSONAL COMMENTS HERE]

Sincerely,
[Your name]

We signed the “Urge the FDA to improve access to the morning-after pill” petition!

# 150:

2:37 pm PDT, Sep 1, Reggie Gimlin, North Carolina

# 149:

2:37 pm PDT, Sep 1, Bill Rosenthal, Florida
Go against your own scientists? Should I laugh or should I cry?

# 148:

2:37 pm PDT, Sep 1, Amy Nesler, Colorado

# 147:

2:37 pm PDT, Sep 1, Kathy Forney, Oklahoma

# 146:

2:37 pm PDT, Sep 1, Margaret Seltzer, California

# 145:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Elizabeth Day, California

# 144:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Steve Kramer, Illinois
Why do unelected crazy old men with fundamentalist agendas make decisions for young women?

# 143:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Nancy R. Heard, California

# 142:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Stacy A. Miller, Wisconsin
Contraception is more than a convenience drug--it is about quality of life!

# 141:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Joanne C. Ridky, Maryland

# 140:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Cameron Lansberry, Michigan
800,000 abortions could be prevented through the use of emergency contraception; there is no excuse for not making this available.

# 139:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Eileen W. Rowe, New Jersey

# 138:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Kim Mckeone, Illinois

# 137:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Bunki Hojac, Florida

# 136:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Name not displayed, California

# 135:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Name not displayed, Washington

# 134:

2:36 pm PDT, Sep 1, Jef Schultz, California

# 133:

2:35 pm PDT, Sep 1, Steven Wiener, California

# 132:

2:35 pm PDT, Sep 1, Martien Bakens, Arkansas

# 131:

2:35 pm PDT, Sep 1, Name not displayed, New York

# 130:

2:35 pm PDT, Sep 1, Rebecca Hoeschler, California

# 129:

2:35 pm PDT, Sep 1, Achmad Moeljadi Chadran, Massachusetts

# 128:

2:35 pm PDT, Sep 1, Analisa Gunnell, Oregon

# 127:

2:34 pm PDT, Sep 1, Cynthia Sterling, California
This is not abortion - this is a back-up contraception method for use in emergencies. Let's make all children wanted!

# 126:

2:34 pm PDT, Sep 1, Vera Zakharov, California

# 125:

2:34 pm PDT, Sep 1, Patty Diana, Arizona

# 124:

2:34 pm PDT, Sep 1, EJ Ford, Florida
Please don't let mis-guided ideology trump good science and rational governance!

# 123:

2:33 pm PDT, Sep 1, Michelle Brenard, California

# 122:

2:33 pm PDT, Sep 1, Vivian B. Biagini, Florida

# 121:

2:32 pm PDT, Sep 1, Eve L`, California

# 120:

2:32 pm PDT, Sep 1, LENNIE DAVIS, Indiana

# 119:

2:32 pm PDT, Sep 1, Asha Schechter, New York

# 118:

2:32 pm PDT, Sep 1, Samantha Kiery, Florida

# 117:

2:31 pm PDT, Sep 1, Barry Schaeffer, Washington
Emergency contraception doesn't help women if they can't get it in an emergency!

# 116:

2:28 pm PDT, Sep 1, Romina Stutman, New York
In short: Can we catch up with the most truly civilized and really (mentally) advanced nations of the world?

# 115:

2:28 pm PDT, Sep 1, Mike Cremer, Washington

# 114:

2:27 pm PDT, Sep 1, Amy Huang, Illinois

# 113:

2:27 pm PDT, Sep 1, Lynn Ledgerwood, Washington

# 112:

2:27 pm PDT, Sep 1, Laurie Stewart, Washington

# 111:

2:26 pm PDT, Sep 1, Roni Zierikzee, California

# 110:

2:26 pm PDT, Sep 1, Doug Shohan, Massachusetts

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2:25 pm PDT, Sep 1, Theodore Mertig, Texas

# 108:

2:24 pm PDT, Sep 1, Name not displayed, Connecticut

# 107:

2:24 pm PDT, Sep 1, David Ames, Rhode Island
The Morning-after pill has been proved safe and effective in the prevention of pregnancy. It should certainly be approved so that women will have the benefit of this medication. The right to responsible choice is inherent in what it means to be human; it is not the place of the FDA to infringe upon this right.

# 106:

2:24 pm PDT, Sep 1, Kirsten Mcfarlin, Texas

# 105:

2:20 pm PDT, Sep 1, J Rigney , New Jersey

# 104:

1:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Robin Ginner, Illinois

# 103:

1:34 pm PDT, Sep 1, Stanley Townsend, Oklahoma

# 102:

1:02 pm PDT, Sep 1, Dana Stewart, Missouri

# 101:

12:45 pm PDT, Sep 1, Lisa Day, California

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