Posted on 08/21/2006 1:50:58 PM PDT by Pyro7480
President Bush Approves Over the Counter Early Abortion Pill, Pro-Life Base Decries Move
By John-Henry Westen
WASHINGTON, August 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - For his pro-life supporter base, President George W. Bush stepped into one of the biggest political landmines of his Presidential career today with his approval of over the counter status for the abortion-causing morning after pill Plan B.
A press release by Human Life International underscored the seriousness of the move as it was titled, "President Bush Files for Divorce with Catholic Base." Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International commented, "President Bush's implied support for the abortion-causing drug Plan B is completely inconsistent with his recent veto of the embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) funding bill. What the president apparently fails to realize is that Plan B kills the same innocent unborn children that the ESCR process does."
At a White House press conference this morning, the President was asked by Bill Sammon a reporter from the Washington Examiner about Plan B and his new FDA commissioner who supports its over the counter status. "Mr. President, some pro-life groups are worried that your choice of FDA Commissioner will approve over the counter sales of Plan B, a pill that, they say, essentially can cause early-term abortions," said the reporter. "Do you stand by this choice, and how do you feel about Plan B in general?"
The President replied, "I believe that Plan B ought to be -- ought to require a prescription for minors, is what I believe. And I support Andy's decision."
Andy, as the President referred to him, is the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach. Pro-life groups last week called for von Eschenbach's resignation over his deal with a drug company to make a high-dose of a drug (Plan B, a morning-after pill) available without a prescription to women 18 year of age and older.
Concerned Women for America (CWA) blasted the decision noting that it is ludicrous to allow Plan B without medical supervision when a low-dose of the same drug (birth control pills) requires medical oversight to protect women from serious health complications.
"It is deplorable that the head of the FDA would put his career ambitions and a drug company's interests above women's health," said Wendy Wright, CWA's President. "CWA provided legal and regulatory evidence that the FDA does not have the authority to do what it is proposing and medical evidence that any dose of the drug requires medical oversight to protect women's health. The drug is known to cause serious complications such as blood clots and stroke."
Rev. Euteneuer added, "The president must demonstrate a consistent respect for the sanctity of all human life or he risks provoking a great divorce with the conservative Catholics that compromise a large part of his support base. Human beings in the embryonic stage of development deserve equal protection under the law and the president's position falls far short of that mark."
Glad you aren't in charge of women's birth control. And you guys will never, ever, ever have a president who will ban a pill that prevents the implantation of a fertilized egg.
You have the wrong pill -- that is the RU-486 that kills people. This is NOT what this is about!
This is a birth control pill nothing more.
Do you people not read -- you can take three birth control pills at the same time and NOTHING happens. That's is what that is in one pill.
Apparently some are opposed to ALL forms of birth control, including abstinance I suppose. I mean, if we refuse to have sex, then they must think we're even then being sinful because we're preventing conception.
As a woman, I'm delighted AND thankful they aren't in charge either. If I had a child for every time my husband and I...well, that's just crazy! We'd be living on welfare, food stamps, and our children would have lived in total poverty, no medical care, etc. I believe that no one should speak for God.
Absolutely. The pill is destructive for both the women who use it and their unborn children. Nothing is worth it in my mind.
Thanks for injecting a little common sense into this thread.
Sigh. I'm not only stunned at the ignorance on display on this thread but at the freepers who don't believe in birth control at all.
Yup. 100%. What you said. Ditto.
(Can you tell I agree completely? LOL)
Ridiculous post. An absurd position.
There are still people around the oppose birth control pills? Amazing! Boggles my mind but explains the comeback. Don't you love it when a guy opposes birth control?
And the number of women needed contraception after a rape are miniscule to the number who will use this as a convienent abortion method...and you know it. You could find a few valid places to defend bush but you are straining credibility to pick this fight.
I am stunned as well! I feel like I have been transplanted back in time frankly!
It is not an abortion pill! Can you people not read the purpose of the pill? RU-486 is the abortion pill -- this one is NOT! Are you against all birth control too?
To the 1930's or something. Absurd.
These one percenters will probably never have a president who does more to oppose abortion than this president and they still whine.
This pill is not RU-486 which is destructive. Are you against all birth control pills?
Why don't you show me where this pill will stop a pregnancy once a pregnancy happens?
Watch it, you'll be accused of losing your grip!! Read my tag-line!!
LOL!!
All I can say to the men on this thread is, thank goodness you aren't in charge and thank goodness you aren't in my life.
That's for sure. Thanks for the compliment, but you brought facts to the table, I merely brought my opinions.
God bless President Bush in every way as he tries his very best to be a good President to us ALL, and not to just a few.
1930's is about right. I cannot believe some of the comments I have read. You are so right that they will never be satisfied and I sure hope we never get a President that satisfies them 100%!
ROFL! I've never seen anything like it. They're like the Mullahs in Iran or something.
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