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FDA Schedules Vote on Plan B - Make This Time the Last!
Target: Andrew von Eschenbach, FDA CommissionerSponsored by: NARAL Pro-Choice America
The morning-after pill: Women have been waiting a long time to access it without a prescription. Now, the FDA has re-started its decision-making process around the fate of the morning-after pill, also known as Plan B.
Despite FDA experts' own findings that Plan B is a safe and effective contraceptive method for women AND their recommendation that it be approved for over-the-counter use, anti-choice politicians have successfully pressured the FDA to refuse to improve access to it for more than 3 years.
Don't let lack of public pressure be the reason the FDA sits on its laurels again.
Sign the petition to make this THE LAST round of decision-making on the morning-after pill!
Call on the FDA to support its own internal recommendations and stand with the hundreds of thousands of women who favor over-the-counter access to Plan B now!
Despite FDA experts' own findings that Plan B is a safe and effective contraceptive method for women AND their recommendation that it be approved for over-the-counter use, anti-choice politicians have successfully pressured the FDA to refuse to improve access to it for more than 3 years.
Don't let lack of public pressure be the reason the FDA sits on its laurels again.
Sign the petition to make this THE LAST round of decision-making on the morning-after pill!
Call on the FDA to support its own internal recommendations and stand with the hundreds of thousands of women who favor over-the-counter access to Plan B now!
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We signed the “FDA Schedules Vote on Plan B - Make This Time the Last!” petition!
# 19,150:
2:04 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Michael Vitucci, New York
# 19,149:
1:50 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Francis Coats, Michigan
# 19,148:
1:46 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Dunn Jackson, Tennessee
# 19,147:
1:46 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Charra DeMarco, California
How much longer is is going to take before women are given the respect and consideration they deserve? They should be the ones who decide whether or not they want children.
How much longer is is going to take before women are given the respect and consideration they deserve? They should be the ones who decide whether or not they want children.
# 19,146:
1:45 pm PDT, Aug 30,
STACY A. STEPHENSON, Texas
WOMEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS EVEN UP FOR DEBATE!
WOMEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS EVEN UP FOR DEBATE!
# 19,145:
1:31 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Brian Reho, Oregon
# 19,144:
1:27 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Sheryll Bonness, Michigan
# 19,143:
1:26 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Laura A. Leonard, Georgia
# 19,142:
1:14 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Maureen Chase, Massachusetts
# 19,141:
1:02 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Ronald B. Massey, Virginia
# 19,140:
1:00 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Barbara Stewart, Maryland
No one has the right to make another person's decision. Choose for yourself only and let others decide for themselves what is best for them.
No one has the right to make another person's decision. Choose for yourself only and let others decide for themselves what is best for them.
# 19,139:
12:59 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Shari Forsythe, Kentucky
# 19,138:
12:55 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Amber Moss, Michigan
Leave religion in the churches where it belongs. Women have a right to control what happens to their own bodies...Let the ladies decide!
Leave religion in the churches where it belongs. Women have a right to control what happens to their own bodies...Let the ladies decide!
# 19,137:
12:47 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Cade Peterson, Texas
# 19,136:
12:46 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Sheridan Peterson, California
# 19,135:
12:39 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Paula Wood, Washington
# 19,134:
12:36 pm PDT, Aug 30,
R Kameroff, Oregon
# 19,133:
12:36 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Margaret Shatswell, South Carolina
# 19,132:
12:34 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Diane Osgood, New York
# 19,131:
12:28 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Linda Holbrook, Washington
# 19,130:
12:12 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Maria Scaglione, New Jersey
This is a form of age descrimination, which violates the reproductive rights of young women, the group that needs it the most.
This is a form of age descrimination, which violates the reproductive rights of young women, the group that needs it the most.
# 19,129:
12:03 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Shelly Peterson, Alaska
# 19,128:
11:59 am PDT, Aug 30,
Fran Egbers, New Hampshire
# 19,127:
11:55 am PDT, Aug 30,
Betty Herbert, Georgia
There is no reason for delay. Approve drugs based on science and leave the preaching in the churches. Don't push us toward church rule over government. We see easily what that leads to in the Middle East. Uphold the principles our country was founded upon, that is, separation of religion and government.
There is no reason for delay. Approve drugs based on science and leave the preaching in the churches. Don't push us toward church rule over government. We see easily what that leads to in the Middle East. Uphold the principles our country was founded upon, that is, separation of religion and government.
# 19,126:
11:39 am PDT, Aug 30,
Charles A Kerschner, California
# 19,125:
11:37 am PDT, Aug 30,
Dana Reed, California
HypoChristians wake up.
HypoChristians wake up.
# 19,124:
11:28 am PDT, Aug 30,
Elizabeth Walker, Tennessee
# 19,123:
11:26 am PDT, Aug 30,
June Cota, Arizona
# 19,122:
11:24 am PDT, Aug 30,
Sharmaine Lewinski, Wisconsin
i feel it is unfare
i feel it is unfare
# 19,121:
11:11 am PDT, Aug 30,
Paul Buckmaster, California
# 19,120:
11:02 am PDT, Aug 30,
L Barrett, California
# 19,119:
10:39 am PDT, Aug 30,
Scott Bunkin, Connecticut
How ironic that the same political fringe forces who are so against abortion would fight so hard against the unhindered access of a relatively safe medication which would, by and large, prevent what they say they hate most. Access to birth control is the rule of law in the United States. The FDA has conducted its exhaustive studies on the efficacy of this medication, and has concluded a high margin of safety. It is time to make this fully available to all women who need it, and end the necessity of more drastic procedures to end unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. Lead, follow, or get out of the way. November approaches.
How ironic that the same political fringe forces who are so against abortion would fight so hard against the unhindered access of a relatively safe medication which would, by and large, prevent what they say they hate most. Access to birth control is the rule of law in the United States. The FDA has conducted its exhaustive studies on the efficacy of this medication, and has concluded a high margin of safety. It is time to make this fully available to all women who need it, and end the necessity of more drastic procedures to end unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. Lead, follow, or get out of the way. November approaches.
# 19,118:
10:26 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, Louisiana
many women in this country are raped and do not report it. These women and others who are worried because of faulty contraception should have an choice to do something to prevent an unwanted child. I know that if I were raped I would not want to discover I was carrying the child of someone who had violated me.
many women in this country are raped and do not report it. These women and others who are worried because of faulty contraception should have an choice to do something to prevent an unwanted child. I know that if I were raped I would not want to discover I was carrying the child of someone who had violated me.
# 19,117:
10:22 am PDT, Aug 30,
Edith Wixson, Oregon
# 19,116:
10:16 am PDT, Aug 30,
Suzanne Lubovich, Washington
# 19,115:
10:14 am PDT, Aug 30,
Alfred Perez, Texas
# 19,114:
10:11 am PDT, Aug 30,
Ellen Macas, Illinois
# 19,113:
10:06 am PDT, Aug 30,
J. Avery Wright, New Mexico
# 19,112:
9:43 am PDT, Aug 30,
Christy Jones, California
# 19,111:
9:41 am PDT, Aug 30,
Sarah Hoopes, Oregon
I trust that people try to make the best decisions for themselves and those they love -- if that decision involves Plan B then so be it.
I trust that people try to make the best decisions for themselves and those they love -- if that decision involves Plan B then so be it.
# 19,110:
9:38 am PDT, Aug 30,
Raechel Kjonaas, California
# 19,109:
9:33 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, Virginia
Women have a right to use preventative medication, instead of having to choose clinical abortion.
Women have a right to use preventative medication, instead of having to choose clinical abortion.
# 19,108:
9:18 am PDT, Aug 30,
Jean Carbonneau, Ohio
# 19,107:
9:14 am PDT, Aug 30,
Joanna Smith, Colorado
# 19,106:
9:13 am PDT, Aug 30,
Amanda Girard, Minnesota
# 19,105:
9:06 am PDT, Aug 30,
Sara Robinson, Illinois
# 19,104:
9:06 am PDT, Aug 30,
JoAnne Norton, Virginia
# 19,103:
9:05 am PDT, Aug 30,
Thomas Rippolon, New York
# 19,102:
9:02 am PDT, Aug 30,
Dennis E. yancy, Texas
# 19,101:
8:58 am PDT, Aug 30,
Martha Patnode, California