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FDA Officials Urged To Resign Over Plan B Decision

HeadlineMay 13, 2004

The Washington Post is reporting a dozen members of Congress are calling for the resignation of the two Food and Drug Administration officials most responsible for last week’s decision to block the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B from being sold over the counter. The FDA’s decision came just months after its own scientific panel voted 23-4 to allow the morning-after-pill to be sold without a prescription. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter of New York accused the FDA of allowing politics to trump science and said it proves the FDA’s leadership “would rather pander to conservative interests than protect women’s health and well-being.” Last Friday 41 members of Congress wrote the FDA asking for the Plan B decision to be reviewed and overturned.

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