Abortion Foe to Be Reappointed to FDA Panel

[kskiska]

Four Lawmakers Tell Bush That Doctor Has 'Allowed His Personal Views to Overshadow His Duty'

A physician who is an outspoken opponent of abortion will be reappointed to the Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel on reproductive drugs despite loud protests from abortion rights advocates in Congress and the women's health community.

W. David Hager, a Kentucky obstetrician and specialist on infectious diseases of pregnancy and childbirth, has been informed that the FDA wants him to serve at least one more year, said FDA spokesman Brad Stone.

"I'm honored to be considered for reappointment and I do intend to serve," said Hager, director of an obstetrics and gynecology training program at Central Baptist Hospital, which is affiliated with the University of Kentucky. "I believe that I offer the ability to objectively evaluate data and arrive at sound decisions based on that information."

The reappointment came as critics charged that Hager has no place on a science-based panel that advises the FDA because of his opposition to abortion and concerns about emergency contraception.

In a letter to President Bush, a bipartisan group of representatives who support abortion rights said Hager should not be reappointed to the FDA's reproductive health advisory committee because he has "allowed his personal views to overshadow his duty to both the FDA and the American people." Hager, an advocate of some forms of religious healing and a former spokesman for a group that petitioned the FDA to rescind its approval of the abortion pill RU-486, was appointed in 2002 over similar protests.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13192-2004Jun28.html

[Massacure]

1. Women generally tend to lean left

Bush is going to take a hit from any remaining woman that lean right.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

4. Yep...

... my ex-wife, the GOP campaign volunteer told me two months ago, she is changing her registration to democrat because she can't stand a bunch of stooges telling her what to do with her body. Short and succinct, huh?

[Scairp]

2. Isn't this the guy

Who advocated prayer for women suffering from the symptoms of PMS? He is most anti-contraceptive and anti-female and has no business serving on a panel that deals with issues that mostly effect women. Once again the Shrub administration pushes aside what is right and does what is best for their chances at an election win. Bastards.

[Avalon Sparks]

3. Yes that's the one...

Just pray your PMS away.

[WindRavenX]

5. Wow that's sad

Praying for relief of PMS...wow, just wow...