And in any case, it's ancient history--the appointment was made 2 or 3
years ago. Another case of well-intentioned email that will not die.
Beth
At 12:56 AM 11/10/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>Why has this politiking occurred through the Sidney-Spenser
>list-serv.? Do you pre-suppose that everyone else agrees with all your
>criticisms of Dr. Hager? I find this cross-promotional activity
>inappropriate here.
>
>-Scott M. Williams
>
> >From: David Lee Miller <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Sidney-Spenser Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David
> Hager to head up
> >Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 21:12:49 -0500
> >
> >President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to
> >head up
> >the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs
> >Advisory
> >Committee. The committee has not met for more than two years, during
> >which time
> >its charter lapsed. As a result, the Bush Administration is tasked with
> >filling
> >all eleven positions with new members. This position does not require
> >Congressional approval.
> >
> >
> >The FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee makes crucial
> >decisions
> >on matters relating to drugs used in the practice of obstetrics,
> >gynecology and
> >related specialties, including hormone therapy, contraception,
> >treatment for
> >infertility, and medical alternatives to surgical procedures for
> >sterilization
> >and pregnancy termination.
> >
> >Dr. Hager is the author of "As Jesus Cared for Women: Restoring Women
> >Then and
> >Now." The book blends biblical accounts of Christ healing women with
> >case
> >studies from Hager's practice. His views of reproductive health care
> >are far
> >outside the mainstream for reproductive technology. Dr. Hager is a
> >practicing
> >OB/GYN who describes himself as "pro-life" and refuses to prescribe
> >contraceptives to unmarried women.
> >
> >In the book Dr. Hager wrote with his wife, entitled "Stress and the
> >Woman's
> >Body," he suggests that women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome
> >should seek
> >help from reading the bible and praying. As an editor and contributing
> >author
> >of "The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality
> >Reproductive Technologies and the Family," Dr. Hager appears to have
> >endorsed
> >the medically inaccurate assertion that the common birth control pill
> >is an
> >abortifacient. We are concerned that Dr.Hager's strong religious
> >beliefs may
> >color his assessment of tech nologies that are necessary to protect
> >women's
> >lives or to preserve and promote women's health. Hager's track record
> >of using
> >religious beliefs to guide his medical decision-making makes him a
> >dangerous
> >and inappropriate candidate to serve as chair of this committee.
> >Critical drug
> >public policy and research must not be held hostage by antiabortion
> >politics.
> >Members of this important panel should be appointed on the basis of
> >science and
> >medicine, rather than politics and religion.
> >
> >American women deserve no less.
> >
> >There is something you can do. Below is a statement to be sent to the
> >White
> >House, opposing the placement of Hager.
> >
> >(1) Please copy and paste (DON'T forward) the entire email into a fresh
> >email;
> >then sign your name below. After you sign, SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON
> >YOU KNOW
> >WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
> >
> >(2) Every 10th person who signs the list (i.e., #10, #20, #30, etc.)
> >-please
> >forward the entire e-mail to [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
> >We oppose the appointment of Dr. W. David Hager to the FDA Reproductive
> >Health
> >Drugs Advisory Committee. Mixing religion and medicine is unacceptable
> >in a
> >policy-making position. Using the FDA to promote a political agenda is
> >inappropriate and seriously threatens women's health.
> >Members of this important panel should be appointed on the basis of
> >science and
> >medicine, rather than politics and religion. American women deserve no
> >less.
> >
> >1. Susan Tannenbaum (Owings Mills,Maryland)
> >2. Susan Levine (SilverSpring,MD)
> >3. Audrey Funk (Henderson,NV)
> >4. Susan Lowe Shlisky (LasVegas,NV)5. Michelle
> >Straub-Wilensky (Los Angeles,CA)
> >6. Patricia Phel an (San Francisco,CA)
> >7. Victoria Einhorn(san anselmo, ca)
> >8. Brad Einhorn(Brooklyn,NY)
> >9. Bethany MacMillan (Brooklyn,NY)
> >10. Amy Russell(Louisville,Kentucky)
> >11. Beverly D. Moore(Louisville,Kentucky)
> >12. Co!nnie O. Byrne (Kannapolis,North Carolina)
> >13. JanetC. Haas (Charlotte, NorthCarolina)
> >14. Heather Vrana (Charlotte,NC)
> >15. Clare M. Evans (Newport,VA)
> >16. Kathy Chadwick
> >17. Jim Chadwick
> >18.Claire Grimm Chadwick
> >19. Lindsay Addison (Naples,FL)
> >20. Peggy Addison(Naples,FL)
> >21. David Addison(Naples,FL)
> >22. Howard Schumsky (Orlando,FL)
> >23. Kristie Born (Orlando,FL)
> >24. Paul Boyd (Atlantic Highlands,NJ)
> >25. Lois Jensen (NYC, NY)
> >26. Catherine Rubenstein (Belvedere, CA)
> >27. Anne Rubenstein (Belvedere, CA)
> >28. Dirk Rubenstein (Belvedere, CA)
> >29. Barbara K.Westover (Oakland, CA)
> >30. Sharon Bjornson (Oakland, CA)
> >31. Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell (Philadelphia, PA)
> >32. Hana Elwell (Brooklyn, NY)
> >33. Jen Song(Brooklyn, NY)
> >34. Janet Lo (New York, NY)
> >35. Emily Horowitz (New York, NY)
> >36.Daniel Horowitz (New York,NY)
> >37. Josh Hyman (New York, NY)
> >38. Mona Goldsmith (Plainview, NY)
> >39. Kate Striano (Newtown, CT)
> >40. Elissa Gellis (Newtown, CT)
> >41. Diane Thompson (Sandy Hook, CT)
> >42. LInda Parsloe (SandyHook, CT)
> >43. Judy Juracek (Darien, CT)
> >44. Deborah Meisels (City Island,NY)
> >45. P. Briggs Saroch (Greenfield, MA)
> >46. Diane Fisher-Katz(Northampton, MA)
> >47. Kirsten Cirincione (Florence, MA)
> >48. Jane Lynch (Florence,MA)
> >49. Kathleen Kennedy (Santa Barbara, CA)
> >50. Leslie Palmer (San Antonio,TX)
> >51. Julie Toland, Middletown, RI
> >52. Josie Merck,( Cos Cob, CT)
> >53. Elizabeth O'Neill (Boston, MA)
> >54. Joan O'Neill (Traverse City, MI)
> >55. Barbara Becker (Concord, CA)
> >56. Ken Bruckmeier (Oakland,CA)57. Margret Elson(Oakland,
> >CA)
> >58, Marsha Sherman (Portland, OR)
> >59. Marin ell Eva (Santa Rosa,CA)
> >60. Sharon Oman (Petaluma, CA)
> >61. Adrienne Dav! is (Santa Rosa, CA)
> >62. Barbara Carlson (Santa Rosa, CA)
> >63. Karen Grace-Kaho (Sacramento, CA)
> >64. Mary Beth Love (San Francisco, CA)
> >65. Ruth Finnerty (Oakland, CA)
> >66. Rosalie Holtz
> >67. Kay Corlett (Albany, CA)
> >68. Connie Barnes (Oakley, CA)
> >69. Donna Ventura (Brentwood, CA)
> >70. Nancy Herman(Lafayette,CA)
> >71.Shirley Chang (Berkeley, CA)
> >72. Nola Chavez (El Cerrito,CA)
> >73. Elspeth Wells(Clayton, CA)
> >74. Phyllis Berger (Los Angeles, CA)
> >75. Joan Barnett(Boston, Ma.)
> >76. Karen Danaher(Los Angeles,CA
> >77. Susan Rice (New York, NY)
> >78. Alan Wagner (New York, NY)
> >79. Jane Altman (New York, NY)
> >80. Sheila Friedman (Yardley, PA)
> >81. Susan Cooper (Brookfield, CT)
> >82. Elissa Fisher(Pleasantville, NY)
> >83. Angela Usobiaga (Pleasantville, NY)
> >84. Katherine Procopio Goodman (Katonah, NY)
> >85. Karen Ursitti (Danbury,CT)
> >86. Donna Kaspak (St. James, NY)
> >87. Ellen Feig
> >88. Raina Feig(MT.Sinai,NY)
> >89. Lauren Askinasi(Mt. Sinai,NY)
> >90. Adena Mansback (Manchester, NH)
> >91. Wendy Mansback (Manchester, NH)
> >92. Arlene Fishbein (Manchester, NH)
> >93. Audrey Kudler (Manchester, NH)
> >94. Johanna Varner (Boston, MA)
> >95. Kathleen Digre (Salt Lake City, Utah)
> >96. Lynn K. Pershing (Salt Lake City, Utah)
> >97. Edith O. Kochenour (Salt Lake City, Utah)
> >98. Leslie Zaricor Carey (Salt Lake City, Utah)
> >99. Catherine C. Voytovich RN (Salt Lake City, Utah)
> >100. Karen Curtin (Salt Lake City, Utah)
> >101. Tracey M.Douthett (Park City, UT)
> >102. Nancy Pottish
> >103. Diana Papageorge (Manchester NH)
> >104. Barbara Kurz (Falmouth, MA)
> >105. JoAnn Fishbein (Falmouth, MA)
> >106. Jodi Swartz (Sudbury, MA)
> >107. Wendy Sternburg (Sudbury, MA)
> >108. Sheryl Schlackman
> >109. Tracy Cassidy (Hopkinton, MA)
> >110. Roberta Solomon (New York, NY )111. Roberta Julien
> >(Jackson,Wy.)
> >112.Joann Perahia (Port Washington,NY)
> >113. Amy Booth (Port Washington, NY)
> >114. Lisa Gulino (Huntington, NY)
> >115. Mary Kelly (Huntington NY)
> >116. Ann Rathkopf (Huntington, NY)
> >117. Alexa Fischer (San Diego, CA)
> >118. Erin Fowler (San Diego, CA)
> >119. Janelle Broadbent
> >120 Brooke Walker, New Hampton, NH.
> >121. Gail Roberts (Northwood,NH)
> >122. Dana Mackey (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla)
> >123. Helen Spitzer (Glen Allen,VA)
> >124 Leila Youmans (Prince George, VA)
> >125. Jocelyn McRae (Gilbert, AZ),
> >126. Deborah Mars (Big Horn, WY)
> >127. Penny Gaither (Bloomington, IN)
> >128. Francie Hurst (Bloomington, IN)
> >129. Kristina Makowski (Bloomington,IN)
> >130. Sharon McGhee (Overland Park KS)
> >131. Maureen Davis (Overland Park, KS)
> >132. Julie R. Hall (Fairway, KS)
> >133. Teresa LaManno (Kansas City,Mo.)
> >134. Katherine G. Thompson (Philadelphia, PA)
> >135. Christine B. Kane(Philadelphia,PA)
> >136. Lauren Simmons
> >137. Brooke Owens (New York, NY)
> >138. Nina Carbone (New York, NY)
> >139. Ashley Muldoon (New York, NY)
> >140. Jane Herman (New York, NY)
> >141. Eva Y. Chen (New York, NY)
> >142. Ning Chao (New York, NY)
> >143. Erin Wang (Los Angeles, CA)
> >144. Frances Chew (Los Angeles, CA)
> >145. Imee Fe Alba (Los Angeles, CA)
> >146. Elisa Brown (Los Angeles, CA)
> >147. Jessica Joines (Los Angeles, CA)
> >148. Janet Vrcic (San Francisco, CA)
> >149. Tish Cortez (San Francisco, CA)
> >140. Arezoo Jafroodi (San Francisco, CA)
> >141. Andrew C. Sigal, Esq. (Valley Village CA)
> >142. Leonard Farr (Los Angeles, CA)
> >
> >143. Yolanda Curtis Farr (Tarzana, CA)
> >
> >144. Tracey Farr Hannel (Thousand Oaks, CA)
> >
> >145. Kay Young, PhD (UC Santa Barbara, CA)
> >
> >146. Jeffrey Saver, MD (UC Los Angeles, CA)
> >147. Jeanne Provost (Santa Barbara, CA)
> >148. David Lee Miller (Columbia, SC)
> >
> >
> >
> >****************************************
> >Jeanne Provost
> >Department of English
> >University of California, Santa Barbara
> >****************************************
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