The "morning-after" pill
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) has filed a lawsuit to force the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make the "morning-after" pill available over-the-counter to girls of all ages.
After getting sued by the CRR in 2005, the FDA decided that any female under the age of 18 could have Plan B, but only with a prescription. But with the current demand, Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America (CWA), tells OneNewsNow the pro-abortion legal group is apparently not looking at the facts.
"The morning-after pill has been an utter failure in reducing pregnancies and in reducing abortions, and there's indication that making Plan B easy to get only increases cases of sexually transmitted diseases," she reports.
But Wright thinks the CRR is trying to use the courts to make a political statement instead of a decision based on sound medical judgment. She also contends it is an attempt to bypass parental consent, "and that's not in girl's best interest; that's only in the interest of the drug company, which will make more money, and abortion activists, who will profit from these girls relying on a very ineffective drug, then ending up pregnant or with a sexually transmitted disease," the CWA president warns.
Moreover, Wright points out that there is still no research to suggest Plan B is safe for young girls, especially those who use it regularly.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: November 30, 2010
