We think the FDA is pro-abortion.
Susan Wood, of the FDA's Office of Women's Health has offered her resignation in recognition of the fact that the Office of Women's Health is just another BushOrwellian joke.
Or in the words of NOW President Kim Gandy, "This administration is determined to turn the FDA into an arm of the Republican Party -- carrying out the fondest desires of Bush allies who oppose women's use of contraception."
A high-ranking Food and Drug Administration official resigned Wednesday in protest over the agency's refusal to allow over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception.
Susan Wood, director of FDA's Office of Women's Health, announced her resignation in an e-mail to colleagues at the agency. The e-mail was released by contraception advocates.
"I can no longer serve as staff when scientific and clinical evidence, fully evaluated and recommended for approval by the professional staff here, has been overruled," wrote Wood, who also was assistant commissioner for women's health. "The recent decision announced by the Commissioner about emergency contraception, which continues to limit women's access to a product that would reduce unintended pregnancies and reduce abortions, is contrary to my core commitment to improving and advancing women's health."
This latest delay broke the FDA's promise for a decision by Sept. 1, made to Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who in exchange dropped their hold on Lester Crawford's nomination to head the FDA.
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