Abortion Advocates Sue to Provide Plan B Access for Other People's Kids?
Just when you thought you'd heard enough about fringe groups wanting to gain access to children for sordid political motivations, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) recently stuck their foot in their mouth by telling the public [in so many words] that other people's children shouldn't have to seek parental consent to get an abortion by using the morning after pill, known as Plan B.
That is the impression they've recently provided America's parents in their new lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), hoping to make the morning-after-pill available to girls under 18. The move flies in the face of an agreement the FDA made with Barr Laboratories, which prohibits younger girls from getting the drug without a prescription.
But it hardly comes as a surprise to those in the pro-life and parental rights movements, many of whom suspected that abortion advocates would bring such a case.
"This type of effort does nothing but undermine parents' involvement in kids' lives and undermine the role of parents in trying to hold families together, which is part of our social fabric," said Daniel McConchie, vice president and chief of staff at Americans United for Life.
The morning-after pill, also known as Plan B, delivers a high dose of the same hormones used in birth-control pills, and can sometimes cause an early abortion.
Sandy Rios, president of Culture Campaign, said if the legal challenge to the FDA's decision to make Plan B available over-the-counter to children is successful, it will be "open season on our kids."
"When you make this kind of a pill available to adolescents, it's going to increase the amount of adult-on-teen sex."
And while the Center for Reproductive Rights probably won't profit from the lawsuit, groups like Planned Parenthood have a little more at stake.
"Planned Parenthood stands to gain," McConchie explained, "because they own part of the Plan B patent and they stand to profit financially if more people are taking or purchasing this drug."
CRR attorneys are also asking for access to presidential records to see if the Bush administration improperly lobbied the FDA to keep Plan B out of the hands of children without a prescription.
A judge is reviewing documents to see if there is enough evidence to allow the suit.
That is the impression they've recently provided America's parents in their new lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), hoping to make the morning-after-pill available to girls under 18. The move flies in the face of an agreement the FDA made with Barr Laboratories, which prohibits younger girls from getting the drug without a prescription.
But it hardly comes as a surprise to those in the pro-life and parental rights movements, many of whom suspected that abortion advocates would bring such a case.
"This type of effort does nothing but undermine parents' involvement in kids' lives and undermine the role of parents in trying to hold families together, which is part of our social fabric," said Daniel McConchie, vice president and chief of staff at Americans United for Life.
The morning-after pill, also known as Plan B, delivers a high dose of the same hormones used in birth-control pills, and can sometimes cause an early abortion.
Sandy Rios, president of Culture Campaign, said if the legal challenge to the FDA's decision to make Plan B available over-the-counter to children is successful, it will be "open season on our kids."
"When you make this kind of a pill available to adolescents, it's going to increase the amount of adult-on-teen sex."
And while the Center for Reproductive Rights probably won't profit from the lawsuit, groups like Planned Parenthood have a little more at stake.
"Planned Parenthood stands to gain," McConchie explained, "because they own part of the Plan B patent and they stand to profit financially if more people are taking or purchasing this drug."
CRR attorneys are also asking for access to presidential records to see if the Bush administration improperly lobbied the FDA to keep Plan B out of the hands of children without a prescription.
A judge is reviewing documents to see if there is enough evidence to allow the suit.
posted by Michael Burns at 9:11 PM
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