CMA Doctors: FDA Move to Allow 'Plan B' Without a Prescription is Unsafe and Unwise

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The 17,000-member Christian Medical Association (CMA, http://www.cmda.org) today urged the Food and Drug Administration to protect women from sexually transmitted disease and disinformation by requiring a prescription for "emergency contraception" drugs and by accurately labeling the products, known also as "Plan B" and "emergency contraception."

After intense political pressure from abortion activists and politicians including Sen. Hillary Clinton, who threatened to block Senate approval of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach as FDA Commissioner, the FDA recently announced that it is prepared to reverse itself and approve over-the-counter sales of the powerful hormonal drugs to women aged 18 and older.
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