[Mb-civic] Another ridiculous appointment by The Bush Administration

[Jef Bek]

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/media/pressreleases
/pr-050916-fda.xml

New FDA Appointee

FDA Appoints Official from Office of Veterinary Medicine to Office of
Women's Health

September 16, 2005

CONTACT:
Erin Kiernon (202) 973-4975

Washington, DC ‹ FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford has appointed a man who
has spent the majority of his career in the office of veterinary medicine to
the position of acting director of the Office of Women's Health at the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Norris Alderson will replace Dr.
Susan Wood, a key women's health expert, who resigned on August 31 in
protest of the FDA's handling of the application to make Plan B emergency
contraception (EC) available over the counter.

 Planned Parenthood Federation of America Interim President Karen Pearl
issued these comments on the appointment:

"The appointment of Dr. Norris Alderson, a man who has spent the majority of
his career in the office of veterinary medicine, to the position of acting
director of the FDA's Office of Women's Health speaks volumes about the
priority the Bush administration places on women's health and safety. The
appointment of Dr. Alderson to replace Dr. Susan Wood further undermines the
shaky credibility of an agency that has allowed politics to trump sound
science, medical evidence, and women's health.

"Following the needless delays in granting women over-the-counter access to
emergency contraception, this appointment is another two steps backward on
the FDA's long road toward restoring its integrity with women and their
health care providers like Planned Parenthood."
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