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US OKs wider access for Barr 'morning-after' pill (Bush Adminstration Betrays Social Conservatives)
Reuters ^ | 8/24/2006 | n/a

Posted on 08/24/2006 6:26:38 AM PDT by Pyro7480

US OKs wider access for Barr 'morning-after' pill

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BRL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) won U.S. approval to sell its Plan B "morning-after" contraceptive without a prescription to women 18 and older, the company said on Thursday.

Younger girls still need a prescription for Plan B, the company said in a statement. The Plan B pills may prevent pregnancy when taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; birthcontrolpill; bush; bushbash; contraception; fda; holyrollers; misleadingheadline; planb; prolife; wodlist
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To: Rutles4Ever
Scientific definitions of "pregnancy" are irrelevant since science cannot determine the point of actual conception

LOL!!! I needed a good laugh this morning. I suggest you put down the Bible and pick up a biology book.

41 posted on 08/24/2006 7:46:43 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Man Law: You Poke It, You Own It)
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To: hocndoc
So in a crude generalization, this would act as a 'chemical' condom (ie prevent fertilization - but not implantation, should fertilization have already occurred). I'm I right?
42 posted on 08/24/2006 7:46:43 AM PDT by batter ("Never let the enemy pick the battle site." - Gen. George S. Patton)
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To: Pyro7480

As though every 14 year old won't have access to Plan B. It's a sad day for Planned Parenthood and other abortion mills.


43 posted on 08/24/2006 7:49:01 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Lunatic Fringe; MizSterious

"An embryo isn't even a blob of flesh. In fact, a pre-implanted fertilized egg doesn't even qualify as an embryo."

Sorry Lunatic. You are joining sides with the illogical left on this one.

If a fertilized egg is not an embryo, what do you call embryonic stem cells?


44 posted on 08/24/2006 7:50:26 AM PDT by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: Pyro7480

Nope. Just not betrayed by a President and an Administration that has done a lot for the pro life movement.


45 posted on 08/24/2006 7:51:43 AM PDT by Coop (No, there are no @!%$&#*! polls on Irey vs. Murtha!)
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To: Pyro7480

That's not true in my experience. Lots of us take those serendipitous babies as blessings. We wouldn't/don't even consider abortion as an option.


46 posted on 08/24/2006 7:52:02 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
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To: kittymyrib
As though every 14 year old won't have access to Plan B. It's a sad day for Planned Parenthood and other abortion mills.

Nope, it isn't. Planned Parenthood is going to make big money of this, because they will be a major distributor of Plan B.

47 posted on 08/24/2006 7:52:43 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("Love is the fusion of two souls in one in order to bring about mutual perfection." -S. Terese Andes)
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To: Pyro7480
Not being qualified as a doctor or scientist, I'm unable to comment on the medical complexities of this issue.

I do know one thing, however. No matter which side is correct, the pill will be viewed right off the bat by most of the conservative base as a tool FOR abortion. Few minds will ever be changed.

I'm afraid that the social Right vote is largely down the drain for the Republicans in the next election. They'll just stay home.

Is there any conservative or Republican group remaining that hasn't been squandered by this administration? The anti-immigration voters?....... the fiscal restraint voters?.......those opposed to the McCain campaign finance "reform" bill?........the pandering to the Katrina Korps?.......rescuing Hezzbollah?......billions for AIDS in Africa and more for rebuilding Lebanon when it may be knocked down again or controlled by a terrorist administration?......

I'm really grumped out this morning.....just shaking my head at strange national policy at play.

The Republican timing on this pill issue is impeccable.....as usual.

Leni

48 posted on 08/24/2006 7:54:26 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Israel, Hold Firm !................No Retreat means No Repeat !)
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To: Pyro7480
Oh, btw, when this was intitally posted, it was under breaking news. If this isn't breaking news, I don't know what is. The owners and mods can run this forum as they wish, but if social issues are given less of a priority than other issues, then how conservative is this site?

It's not breaking news, read the site guidelines.

And your subheadline of "Bush Adminstration Betrays Social Conservatives" was a sad attempt to illicit a negative response against Bush, who had nothing to do with this decision.

The committees that make these determinations are made up of physicians with decades of experience... in other words, people much smarter than you and I put together.

The EC pill is not a chemical abortion, it prevents implantation similar to an IUD's secondary funtion. This will reduce the number of abortions in America, which I thought was the goal of the Religious Right (guess I was mistaken).

49 posted on 08/24/2006 7:54:42 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Man Law: You Poke It, You Own It)
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To: soccer8

Sort of. But only during the five days before ovulation.


50 posted on 08/24/2006 7:55:55 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
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To: Lunatic Fringe
This will reduce the number of abortions in America, which I thought was the goal of the Religious Right (guess I was mistaken).

The two are completely related. You just don't buy it.

51 posted on 08/24/2006 7:56:06 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("Love is the fusion of two souls in one in order to bring about mutual perfection." -S. Terese Andes)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

So you've refuted nothing I said. Case closed.


52 posted on 08/24/2006 8:04:00 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: Pyro7480
Pharmaceutical companies are the richest companies in the world. Bush must be getting paid off by them. How else can you explain his inconsistencies.
53 posted on 08/24/2006 8:05:35 AM PDT by GinaLolaB (Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. — Jesus (John 15:1)
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To: kittymyrib

A sixteen year old girl can have her 18 year-old friend purchase it for her.


54 posted on 08/24/2006 8:05:53 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: Blue Turtle

Perhaps that is the strategy to get rid of it. Lawyers will sue the company out of existance and it will disappear.


55 posted on 08/24/2006 8:10:31 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Keep watch for the Mahdi...... he's coming on 22 August!!)
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To: conservativecorner

and who ever said gwb was a conservative?


56 posted on 08/24/2006 8:33:04 AM PDT by joe fonebone (Israel, taking out the world's trash since 1948.)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Why continue to say that Plan B prevents implantation?


57 posted on 08/24/2006 8:34:07 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
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To: hocndoc

Thanks.


58 posted on 08/24/2006 8:34:43 AM PDT by batter ("Never let the enemy pick the battle site." - Gen. George S. Patton)
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To: Pyro7480

It's not an abortion pill.
It is a contraceptive.
It is already legally available via prescription.
This is only a status change to OTC from prescription, and only for adults.

Get your facts.

If you are anti-contraceptive (Catholic etc.) then opposition to this change would be consistent and I have nothing further to offer.

However, if you are OK with contraception via birth control pills then opposition to this pill represents an uneducated and inconsistent position.

Before 'Plan B' even came to market many (and I do mean many - a lot) of doctors would prescribe a triple to quadruple dose of normal and readily available contraceptive for female patients reporting a sexual assault or a high risk (unprotected) encounter. From that practice evolved a single pill for that specific case - 'Plan B'. Even in the age of 'Plan B' many doctors still use the 'old' method of 3-4 pills of normal contraceptive.

Plan B does not coase an abortion.
It will not terminate a preganancy.

Many people have Plan-B confused with RU486. They are not the same thing. Please educate yourselves - and then, once educated, please feel free to rant away in a semi-intelligent manner.

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Please note: I use 'you' in the general sense, not the specific. I intend no personal slights.


59 posted on 08/24/2006 8:39:44 AM PDT by BlueNgold (Feed the Tree .....)
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To: Coleus; nickcarraway; narses; Mr. Silverback; Canticle_of_Deborah; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...
“The attack on life doesn't begin in the womb. It begins in the minds of people.”
--Ron Galloy

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Please FreepMail me if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.

60 posted on 08/24/2006 8:40:25 AM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available at KnightsForLife.org)
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