About Time!
Plan B, otherwise known as ‘the morning after’ pill has been approved for over-the-counter sale to women over 18. Thus endeth the (official) controversy on this issue.
The FDA has been dragging its feet after last year’s double-cross (it said it would approve Plan B if the Senate approved its director, then… changed its mind), and this time the Senate wasn’t buying it. Led by Hillary Clinton, the Senate held up the confirmation of the new director until Plan B was passed.
From the NY Times:
“The director of the agency’s office of women’s health resigned last year to protest what she said was the “abortion politics” behind the delay in approving Plan B. An investigation by the Government Accountability Office concluded that top agency officials had decided to reject the initial Plan B application months before a scientific review was complete.
I’m really surprised that this administration would allow politics to trump science.
“One memorandum that has since been made public states that Dr. Woodcock [a deputy F.D.A. commissioner] told agency employees that she feared that Plan B could take on “ ‘urban legend’ status that would lead adolescents to form sex-based cults.”
I was going to make a snide comment about this, but it’s kind of too sad.
Anyway, yay for using politics as a trump in a case where politics were allowed to trump science yet again. And serious kudos to the Senate for fighting fire with fire. Enough of this bullshit - just pass the damn medicine.
Also, Pluto not a planet. Sad.
Also, also, I think this is going to be my favorite quote of the day. From Lindy West’s film review of The Boynton Beach Club.
Sphere: Related ContentListen. I’m all for the old folks doin’ it. Especially when “it” is foxtrotting, eating Werther’s Originals, talking about the Depression, or giving me $50 for my birthday. And okay, I’m even for old people having sex with each other. But do I have to look at it?
