Sebelius EC Reversal 2011
Plan B One-Step®: Past, Present, Future
From the Champions of Choice luncheon, May 15, 2012: honoring the visionaries behind Plan B.
President Obama, Please Keep Your Promise to Insulate Science from Politics and Ideology
by Wayne Shields, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
January 9, 2012 - 12:11pm (Print)
One of the most difficult things to do is tell a friend that we are disappointed or upset with them, but that is what we are doing here today.
Why Scientific Integrity Policies are So Important for Government Agencies
by Francesca Grifo, Scientific Integrity Program at Union of Concerned Scientists
January 6, 2012 - 7:15pm (Print)
Sadly, only about a quarter of the relevant agencies have developed scientific integrity policies as required under White House guidelines and publicly released them.
The Plan B Decision: A Dangerous Precedent
by Kelly Cleland, Office of Population Research (Princeton University)
January 6, 2012 - 5:58pm (Print)
To the FDA, the evidence is clear: Plan B is safe for women of all ages. Yet in a dangerous precedent, the Secretary overturned the decision based on pseudo-scientific concerns about misuse among younger adolescents.
The EC Decision: Where Were The President's Science Advisors?
by Susan Wood, ThePumpHandle.wordpress.com
January 6, 2012 - 5:34pm (Print)
Dr. Susan Wood discusses the recent misuse of science and data as part of the decision by the Secretary of HHS to overrule the scientific determination by the FDA Commissioner on bringing Plan B fully over the counter.
Physician to President's Scientific Advisors: Plan B Decision Hurt Science, Medicine, Women's Health
by Douglas Laube, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
January 6, 2012 - 3:41pm (Print)
"As doctors, we prescribe and recommend Plan B to adolescents and adults, knowing it is safer than Tylenol and many other products sold on drugstores' open shelves."
The EC Decision: Dismissing the Concerns of Latinas and Low-Income Women
by Ryann Dubiel, Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
December 19, 2011 - 10:55am (Print)
The Administration's decision to ignore medical and scientific evidence and deny increased access to Plan-B suggests a failure to understand and acknowledge the effects of this decision on Latinas, women of color, undocumented immigrants and low-income women.
The Plan B Decision: Sacrificing "Change We Can Believe In" for Expediency?
December 19, 2011 - 9:52am (Print)
We cannot let the Democrats, let our president, lose sight of what this decades-old debate about access to all forms of reproductive healthcare is really about; that is, for women to have any sort of autonomy and self-determination within our society.
2011: The War on Contraception
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
December 19, 2011 - 9:44am (Print)
The year was a frantic one in the fight over reproductive rights, but what was really remarkable was how anti-choicers quit pretending to simply love fetuses, and wage all-out war on women's non-abortion reproductive rights.
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Study: Having An Abortion Does Not Increase Risk of Mental Health Problems, Unwanted Pregnancy Does
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
December 16, 2011 - 2:53pm (Print)
The world's largest, most comprehensive and systematic review of mental health outcomes and abortion care shows abortion does not increase the risk of mental health problems, but unwanted pregnancy does. The results led to a British medical journal calling for reversal of the recent HHS decision to deny young women access to emergency contraception.
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