This article focuses on the abortion debate and the FDA’s delay in their decision on the over-the-counter morning after pill. It highlights the reactions to this announcement as well as the different political aspects involved. Harris further examines the debate for over-the-counter emergency contraception and the way politics has influenced the decisions of the FDA. The legalization and access to birth control as well as emergency contraception is imperative to the reproductive debate. This article also emphasizes the role politics play, even in the FDA, which should be scientifically and health based.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
"Drugs, Politics, and the F.D.A."
Harris, Gardiner. "Drugs, Politics, and the F.D.A." 28 Aug. 2005. Rpt. in New York Times. Vol. 154. 2005. 1-14.
This article focuses on the abortion debate and the FDA’s delay in their decision on the over-the-counter morning after pill. It highlights the reactions to this announcement as well as the different political aspects involved. Harris further examines the debate for over-the-counter emergency contraception and the way politics has influenced the decisions of the FDA. The legalization and access to birth control as well as emergency contraception is imperative to the reproductive debate. This article also emphasizes the role politics play, even in the FDA, which should be scientifically and health based.
This article focuses on the abortion debate and the FDA’s delay in their decision on the over-the-counter morning after pill. It highlights the reactions to this announcement as well as the different political aspects involved. Harris further examines the debate for over-the-counter emergency contraception and the way politics has influenced the decisions of the FDA. The legalization and access to birth control as well as emergency contraception is imperative to the reproductive debate. This article also emphasizes the role politics play, even in the FDA, which should be scientifically and health based.
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