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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!
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8:11 pm PDT, Apr 11, Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Free contraception for all!
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8:26 pm PST, Dec 16, Allison Davenport, Georgia
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12:48 pm PST, Dec 11, Kara Kinney, Ohio
I think this is disgusting, the fact that a woman or teen cant get help when needed even in her own community is sad....Things need to change...its 2007 and we're ready!!!
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10:06 pm PST, Nov 9, Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
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4:45 am PDT, Sep 12, Susan Webb, Oklahoma
This needs to be available immediately to all women in need of it.
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7:50 am PDT, May 19, Connie Surace, Ohio
It is ludicrous that you can only purchase this pill over the counter in select states in the U.S. Abortion rates and teen pregnancies could be reduced if the availability was there. www.connietalk.com
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