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Tigress
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| Posted 9/29/2004 11:38 AM (GMT -6) |   | Hi All,
I copied and pasted this e-mail I got because I wanted to ask some questions about it. First, is it a hoax? I don't know what websites to go to in order to discover if it is. Secondly, if all of this is true, I'm a bit confused about what I should do. On the one hand, I am prolife and don't like the idea of unmarried men and women being prescribed contraceptives or getting them over the counter. But, on the other hand, this guy sounds a bit too fundamentalist because he believes that all forms of birth control cause abortions - and he insults women who have real biological and hormonal issues/problems by saying they should simply pray and read the Bible to help get rid of premenstrual syndrome.
I don't want to have children even after I'm married so his stance on contraceptives is oppressive to me, as I see nothing in the Bible to forbid the use of contraception. But, I don't want abortionists being placed in his position either.
If this info. is true about this guy, I'm very disappointed in George Bush for selecting him. Please let me know if this is true or not. Thanks!
Tigress
Dear friends,
Please read the information below, and hopefully add your name to the list of those who are appalled by this terrible choice.
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, 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 productive 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 technologies 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 letter to be sent to the White House, opposing the placement of Hager. Please copy all the text of This email and paste it into a fresh email; then sign your name below and SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
Every person please copy and paste e-mail below to president@whitehouse.gov
Mr. President:
I 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.
(sign your name, address and email address here)
Tigress 
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Tigress
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| Posted 9/29/2004 12:04 PM (GMT -6) | | Okay,
I checked out this email on this website:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/k/koran-war.htm
It IS a hoax and this is what David Hager said in response to it:
Dr. David Hager Selected for the FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee - Truth!
Summary of the eRumor
The eRumor is a protest of the choice of Dr. David Hager to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. It says he is a religious pro-life physician who refuses to prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women and opposes the use of RU-486, the "morning after" pill that ends any pregnancy that may have resulted from unprotected sex.
The Truth
Dr. David Hager is a part of the teaching staff of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and has developed a reputation as an expert on gynecologic infections.
This eRumor was circulated before Dr. Hager actually became a member of the committee. He is now a part of the panel, although he did not become the chairman of it.
He is a conservatively oriented physician and is a speaker and author in the Christian community who describes himself as pro-life. He objected to this eRumor saying that he does not know who wrote it and that no one had interviewed him for it and that some of it is not accurate.
He says that he does not refuse to prescribe birth control for unmarried patients. He is an advocate of abstinence but for patients who do not make that choice, he is not opposed to birth control prescription.
He also says that his opposition to RU-486 was based on his concerns about the safety of the drug. He says RU-486 was approved under an "Accelerated Approval Process" reserved exclusively for anti-AIDS and anti-cancer drugs and an antihypertensive agent. He says that normally the FDA requires one or more than one randomized, controlled trials before approving a drug, which was not done for RU-486. He also says that he does not believe that standard birth control pills are abortifacient and has never written it.
He says he co-edited a book that referenced various views about birth control pills but that not all of those views were his own.
Regarding his views of how to deal with stress-related disorders in women, he says "I have always offered a holistic approach to therapy. I suggest diet/exercise changes, medications as needed, counseling when required, and meditation/prayer."
Tigress
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Jim Mottl
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| Posted 10/28/2004 5:40 PM (GMT -6) | | It has been proven that the pill is an abortifacient, maybe not always but it does happen. It does not always prevent fertilization. My Wife's sister got pregnant while she was on the pill. If your not going to have kids then you might want to have him take care of the birth controll.
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