The Obama administration is hearing strong objections to its decision to block over-the-counter sale of the "morning-after" pill to underage children.
Currently, anyone 17 years old or older can buy Plan B without a prescription. But in recent weeks, proponents of selling the drug to children -- or to their molesters -- have been knocking on doors, including Obama's science advisor, demanding to know why Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' recent decision on the matter was not in their favor.
Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America (CWA) believes the ruling was nothing more than political strategy.
"They are working towards a second term, and if Obama wins, they know that he won't care what kind of fallout there is," she says. "He probably will do what they want him to do if they make enough fuss about it."
Crouse points out that proponents of the drug are outraged at the health agency, and they simply will not give up on getting the decision changed.
"So those of us who are conservative don't typically engage in those kinds of arm-twisting politics, but it's interesting to see," the CWA spokesperson offers. "And I think it's a warning to us that it doesn't matter what the science says -- they are very determined to get what they want, regardless of the impact on little children ...."
Plan B is a high-powered dose of birth control that is used as emergency contraception. There is no research to show what it might do to adults, let alone the children for whom the proponents want it to be available.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
