JiscMail Logo
Email discussion lists for the UK Education and Research communities

Help for SIDNEY-SPENSER Archives


SIDNEY-SPENSER Archives

SIDNEY-SPENSER Archives


SIDNEY-SPENSER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK


View:

Message:

[

First

|

Previous

|

Next

|

Last

]

By Topic:

[

First

|

Previous

|

Next

|

Last

]

By Author:

[

First

|

Previous

|

Next

|

Last

]

Font:

Proportional Font

LISTSERV Archives

LISTSERV Archives

SIDNEY-SPENSER Home

SIDNEY-SPENSER Home

SIDNEY-SPENSER  November 2004

SIDNEY-SPENSER November 2004

Options

Subscribe or Unsubscribe

Subscribe or Unsubscribe

Log In

Log In

Get Password

Get Password

Subject:

Re: President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to head up

From:

Beth Quitslund <[log in to unmask]>

Reply-To:

Sidney-Spenser Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:07:56 -0500

Content-Type:

text/plain

Parts/Attachments:

Parts/Attachments

text/plain (282 lines)

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
> >****************************************

Top of Message | Previous Page | Permalink

JiscMail Tools


RSS Feeds and Sharing


Advanced Options


Archives

April 2024
March 2024
February 2024
January 2024
December 2023
November 2023
October 2023
September 2023
August 2023
July 2023
June 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020
July 2020
June 2020
May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020
December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
December 2017
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
January 2017
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
January 2016
December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004
March 2004
February 2004
January 2004
December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
August 2003
July 2003
June 2003
May 2003
April 2003
March 2003
February 2003
January 2003
December 2002
November 2002
October 2002
September 2002
August 2002
July 2002
June 2002
May 2002
April 2002
March 2002
February 2002
January 2002
December 2001
November 2001
October 2001
September 2001
August 2001
July 2001
June 2001
May 2001
April 2001
March 2001
February 2001
January 2001
December 2000
November 2000
October 2000
September 2000
August 2000
July 2000
June 2000
May 2000
April 2000
March 2000
February 2000
January 2000


JiscMail is a Jisc service.

View our service policies at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ and Jisc's privacy policy at https://www.jisc.ac.uk/website/privacy-notice

For help and support help@jisc.ac.uk

Secured by F-Secure Anti-Virus CataList Email List Search Powered by the LISTSERV Email List Manager