MedPol: Darth Hager resigns from FDA panel
Dr. David Hager, the University of Kentucky uber-conservative OB-GYN appointed by President Bush to manipulate science to back up bullshit conservative ideologies which cannot be supported by legitimate science, will bother us no more.
Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-WA) are urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately investigate Hager’s claims and the FDA’s decision-making process on Plan B. “Day by day, the public’s confidence in the FDA’s ability to make decisions based on scientific evidence of safety and efficacy is eroding,” the Senators wrote in a letter to Michael Leavitt, HHS secretary. “The FDA should never let political considerations interfere with scientific treatment decisions.”Good riddance, jackass.
"The FDA’s credibility has taken serious hits of late," said Beth Jordan, MD, medical director of the Feminist Majority Foundation. “The FDA must address immediately the damning charges that an ideologically driven, fundamentalist Christian was able to exert an inordinate amount of influence over a decision that should be entirely based on the best medical science. Had it been, Plan B emergency contraception would certainly be available over-the-counter now and the nation could more seriously tackle the problem of unintended pregnancies.”
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"Dr. David Hager, the University of Kentucky uber-conservative OB-GYN appointed by President Bush to manipulate science to back up bullshit conservative ideologies which cannot be supported by legitimate science, will bother us no more."
You crack me up. Your blog is ruthless! :)
well ya know, public health is my thing :) i'm sure you've enjoyed my bill frist posts, because the guy does so many things that are either perfectly legimitate or absolutely absurd. he gets my love when he's a good boy, and i smack him with a newspaper when he isn't.
for most women's health policy folk, Hager is pretty much the anti-christ.
it's one thing to believe than planb or birth control of whatever sort is somehow a moral wrong. plenty of perfectly intelligent religious folk do so. but twisting scientific evidence shamelessly (or ignoring it for non-methodological reasons) is pretty darn inexcusable.
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