Will Bush re-appoint W. David Hager to the FDA? Help stop him.

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Hager - the religious fanatic on the FDA - is up for re-appointment.

Hager’s term on the panel ends June 30. Bush hasn’t said yet whether or not he’ll reappoint him.

Hager’s anti-choice credentials:

- A practicing ob-gyn, Dr. Hager will not perform surgical abortions, nor prescribe mifepristone (medical abortion), and will not even provide intra-uterine devices (IUDs), a widely accepted form of contraception.

- Dr. Hager helped the Christian Medical Association write a "citizen's petition" in August 2002 that called for the FDA to reverse its approval of mifepristone and pull it off the market, ignoring over a decade of international research that has established the safety and efficacy of this early abortion option.

-Dr. Hager wrote "Stress and the Woman's Body" with his wife, Linda, recommending Scripture readings as treatment for premenstrual syndrome.

Sign this petition and keep Hager off the FDA.

http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/hager/

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1. is this the guy?

is this guy one of the driving forces behind the ban of ephedra and many pro-hormones?

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2. He's on the Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee

They wouldn't be reviewing Ephedra.

I'm not sure what pro-hormones are.

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3. Update: Hager Reappointed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13192-2004Jun28.html?nav=rss_politics