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This year, the FDA??€™s expert advisory panel voted 27 to 0 in favor of allowing Plan B to be sold over-the-counter. Despite the overwhelming support for widespread access to emergency contraception, however, the FDA??€™s handlers claim that the drug has not yet proven safe for younger teenagers. This unexpected decision came right after President Bush received a letter from 49 conservative Congress members pleading that the proposal be rejected—access to emergency contraception without a prescription would undoubtedly increase promiscuity among America’s daughters, conservatives claimed...
...required to approve drugs for sale so long as their safety and efficacy are confirmed. However, in the case of Plan B, it seems that the FDA disregarded protocol in hopes of gratifying conservative interests. In fact, two FDA officials, acting director of the FDA??€™s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Steven Galson and acting FDA commissioner Lester M. Crawford are being urged to resign for playing politics at the FDA. Some congressmen are also calling for an investigation of the FDA in order to determine whether their dealings were, in fact, politically motivated...
...early detection of breast cancer. The surgery can also dramatically reduce sensitivity in the nipple and may affect sexual response or the ability to nurse a baby. From 1985 until January 2000, 195,202 women complained to the FDA about medical problems experienced from their breast implants, and the FDA??€™s own epidemiologists have identified long-term potential health risks from silicone implants, such as fibromyalgia. Just this month, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to hear a lawsuit against former manufacturers of breast implants, including Baxter, Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company and 3M on behalf...
This is not simply a case of an antiquated law that has been overlooked and unenforced. As recently as 2000, the FDA??€”with the support of the Red Cross—renewed this rule, despite the urgings of nearly half of America’s blood banks, which lobbied for a change that would set an equal standard for gay men as for any other donors...
...easy to understand the reasoning behind the FDA??€™s implementation of the rules in the early 1980s when society’s understanding of HIV and AIDS was much more limited. When authorities lack the information necessary to have full control over a public health emergency, it is important that officials err on the side of caution. But 20 years later, when knowledge has advanced so rapidly, these rules stem more from reactionary prejudices than scientific reasoning...