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Urge the FDA to improve access to the morning-after pill
- signatures:
- deadline: November 1, 2005
- signature goal: 35,000
- Target: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Acting Commissioner, Andrew von Eschenbach
- Sponsored by: NARAL Pro-Choice America
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!
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]
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]
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