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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!

# 200:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Andy Hill, California

# 199:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Carrie Burrows, California
Emergency contraception prevents abortions and child abuse.

# 198:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Ted Liu, Illinois

# 197:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Melissa Mullin, California
Science, and not ideology and religious beliefs, is what needs to be behind personal medical decisions.

# 196:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, David Elsensohn , California

# 195:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Dorothy Carol Galante, California

# 194:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Name not displayed, Texas

# 193:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Carol Esquibel Hull, Colorado
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times. If men gave birth, everything & anything would be available to them. From abortion, to emergency contraception, to a week in the hospital after giving birth.

# 192:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Kimberly Lowe, Ohio

# 191:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Pamela Murdock, California
Bush may be the anti-Christ.

# 190:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Wentong Lin, Ohio

# 189:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Dylan Ahearn, California

# 188:

2:41 pm PDT, Sep 1, Turner Hayes, Massachusetts

# 187:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, Marsha Kamish, Texas

# 186:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, Billie Parker, California
Politicizing the regulation of pharmaceuticals is un-American and shameful.

# 185:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, Melissa Rawsky, Colorado

# 184:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, Fran Schneider, New Jersey

# 183:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, Clay Butler, Louisiana

# 182:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, Simone Brooks, California

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2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, Michael B schaefer, California

# 180:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 179:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, William Buehlman, California
No more right-wing whack jobs interfering in science!

# 178:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, James Purvis, Florida

# 177:

2:40 pm PDT, Sep 1, Gordon Proshek, Nevada

# 176:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Linda Rubright, Colorado

# 175:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Frank Rimler, New York
It's about time we started using common sense solutions for important women's issues.

# 174:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Anthony Friscia, California

# 173:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Cathy Tierney, Missouri

# 172:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Valerie Kao, California

# 171:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Wondie Russell, California
The FDA's failure to approve at will purchase of Plan B is without scientific or medical basis.

# 170:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Katrina Bird, Colorado

# 169:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Lisa O, Virginia
Stop preventing families from planning their families and women from protecting their right to choose.

# 168:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Martha Leahy, Massachusetts

# 167:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Erin Nicholl, California

# 166:

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 1, Margaret McGovern, California
Emergency contraception is not a luxury item. It is for unforeseen unfortunate cirsumstances. Help NOT have more unwanted babies.

# 165:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Ron Richards, Arizona

# 164:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Timothy Martin, California

# 163:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Name not displayed, New Jersey

# 162:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Dia Redman, Minnesota

# 161:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Edward Solomon, Michigan

# 160:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Marilyn Long, Missouri

# 159:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Ann Brown, Oregon

# 158:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Carl Black, Georgia

# 157:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Donna noe-murdock, California
the government get out of our business now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 156:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Howard Cohen, California

# 155:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, John Keller, Minnesota

# 154:

2:38 pm PDT, Sep 1, Dan Dennis, Washington
The product has proven safe and effective. There is no reason to withhold sales.

# 153:

2:37 pm PDT, Sep 1, Glenn Barry, California

# 152:

2:37 pm PDT, Sep 1, Ashley Scott, North Carolina

# 151:

2:37 pm PDT, Sep 1, Dorothea Rastegar, California

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