Folks, sorry about mass emailing you but we need your support on this! Thanks. Hope you can figure out the every 50th thing...
This is something
I feel strongly about and hope you do too.

Though the dark days are here to stay for another 4 years, but it will just make us work harder for the sunny days to come.
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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 (a pill that causes an abortion).

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
influenced 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
e-mail into a
fresh e-mail; then sign your name below. After you
sign, SEND THIS TO
EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S
RIGHTS.

(2) Every 50th person who signs the list (i.e., #50,
#100, #150, #200,
etc.) - please forward the statement and signatures
below to:
president@whitehouse.gov

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.

. Susan Tannenbaum (Owings Mills,Maryland)
2. Susan Levine (Silver Spring,MD)
3. Audrey Funk (Henderson,NV)
4. Susan Lowe Shlisky (Las Vegas,NV)
5. Michelle Straub-Wilensky (Los Angeles,CA)
6. Patricia Phelan (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. Connie O. Byrne (Kannapolis,North Carolina)
13. Janet C. Haas (Charlotte,North Carolina)
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 (Sandy Hook, 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. Marinell Eva (Santa Rosa, CA)
60. Sharon Oman (Petaluma, CA)
61. Adrienne Davis (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. Karin Rhines (Valhalla, NY)
85. Bryan and Mary Bunch (Pleasant Valley, NY)
86. Leslie Davis (Pleasantville, NY
87. Kathi and Kevin Gaskill (Poughkeepsie, NY)
88. Tracy & Scott Rak (Brookfield, CT)
89. Michele Edelstein (White Plains, NY)
90. Abigail Kendzior (Chevy Chase, MD)
91. Stefanie Pollack (Bethesda, MD)
92. Lisa Weber (Gaithersburg, MD)
93. Mary Garrand (Alexandria, VA)
94. Debbie Kimmelman (Alexandria, VA)
95. Julie R. Jernigan (Arlington, VA)
96. Elizabeth Angevine,
97. Jennifer Foster
98. Lucia Hyde (Asheville, NC)
99. Cameron Richardson (Ashveville, NC)
100. Christina Bertelli (Boulder, CO)
101. Jennifer Record (Montrose, CO)
102. Elyce canter (san francisco, ca)
103. vince canter (san francisco, ca)
104. Jake Bouck (Grand Rapids, MI)
105. Betsy Goodrich (Ft. Collins, CO)
106. Leigh Smith (Kalamazoo, MI)
107. Heidi Fidler (Kalamazoo, MI)
108. Chloe Peterson (Albuquerque, nm)
109. Ariel Storch (Taos,NM)
110. Gary A Embler (Taos, NM)
111. Cody West (Taos, NM)
112. Laima Danilovs (Westwood, CA)
113. Kate McKenzie (Ashland, OR)
114. Jack Moore (Mt. Shasta, CA)
115. Julia Gold (Reno, NV)
116. Alice Spatz (Lanesborough,MA)
117. Lawrence Spatz (Lanesborough,MA)
118. Linda Kaye-Moses (Pittsfield, MA)
119. Evan Soldinger (Pittsfield, MA)
120. Adam M Rothberg (Pittsfield, MA)
121. Maya Felber-Glick (Stockbridge, MA)
122. Andreas C. Schmid (South Lee, MA)
123. Carl Oman (North Adams, MA)
124. Elizabeth Cunningham(Simsbury,Ct)
125. Alexandra G. Brown (Efland, NC)
126. Susan C. Brown
127. Beth Jacobson (Stoughton, MA)
128. Mara L. Kaufman (Peabody, MA)
129. Barbara Alevras (Wilmington, MA)
130. Raina Huebner (Wilmington,MA)
131. Ro Andersen, RN (Wakefield, MA)
132. Lucia Jenkins, RN (Wakefield,Ma)
133. Lisa Kairos, (Half Moon Bay, CA)
134. Naomi Starkman (New York, NY)
135. Naomi Fiss (San Francisco, CA)
136. Nora Wolfson (Oakland, CA)
137. Joanne Ruckel (Scarsdale, NY)
138. Regina Emdin (Scarsdale, NY)
139. Bonnie Bader (Brooklyn, NY)
140. Nancy Krulik (NY NY)
141. Trina Storfer
142. Jamie Cohen
143. Eden Pudberry (Bothell, WA)
144. Angela K, Lee ( San Francisco, CA)
145. Joe McLaughlin (San Francisco, CA)
146. Pennie Carlos (San Diego, CA)
147. Mary M. Olin (San Diego, CA)
148. Reid Abrams (San Diego, CA)
149. Katherine Cummings (Providence, RI)
150. Julie Soic (Providence, RI)
151. Allison Turkish (Carpinteria, CA)
152. Dinah Posner, Los Angeles CA
153. Wendy Posner, (Chicago, IL)
154. Janice Hamasaki (Chicago, IL)
155. James P. Harisiades (Chicago, IL)
156. Elizabeth Knapp (White Plains, NY)
157. Oren Gelber (Hartsdale, NY)
158. Teresa Marrero (Canyon Country, CA)
159. Janet A. Gervers (Venice, Ca)
160. Elizabeth Hirsch (Beverly Hills, CA)
161. E B Keehn (Los Angeles, CA)
162. Bonnie Elliott (Brooklyn, NY)
163. Cynthia Perry (Los Angeles, CA)
164. Rebecca Perry Damsen (Powell, OH)
165. Julia Perry (Tucson, AZ)
166. Alexander J. Trout (Tucson, AZ)
167. Richard L. Mosher (Tucson, AZ)

I'll bet this jerk strongly favored 'tort reform'............


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 (a pill that causes an abortion).

Has this been sent to NOW, Planned Parenthood, and other woman's organizations?

This is only the beginning people. American Teliban are being installed all the time in government positions.

American values voters declare make war not love.

Hager claims this is all urban legend that has been blown out of proprotion:


truth or fiction HAGER'S RESPONSE

bear in mind his comments about ru-486 ignore the fact that there were acceptable, adequate and well controlled studies to back up approval (the approval was held up and I've heard stories that clinical trials of the drug for other indications were also handled with more regard to abortion politics than scientific merit; his comment about the fast-track status is comical, you should see the some of the stuff that has been fast tracked).

if you want to keep an eye on the Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee:
Reproductive Health Advisory Committee

Hager's extension is over next June.

Here's an editorial from Sunday Nov 14 Louiville Courier Journal.
Just thought I'd share.


Choice at risk

Whatever else the brouhaha enveloping Sen. Arlen Specter might be about, it surely has little to do with Arlen Specter.

That's a good thing, because if the ruckus was about Sen. Specter, anyone seeking to understand it would have to ask what Sen. Specter is about. And that's not a question with a simple answer.

This much we know: Sen. Specter has always been moderately pro-choice. He is next in line to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, through which all federal judicial nominees must pass. After the election, he opined that strong advocates of repealing the Roe v. Wade abortion decision would not be confirmed for the federal bench. Conservatives exploded and demanded that he be bypassed if he won't back all of President Bush's candidates for judgeships. Sen. Specter has been backpedaling furiously.

Put aside thoughts that Sen. Specter is a moderate. He's not. He isn't a conservative, either. He's the consummate opportunist.

It's true that conservatives distrust Sen. Specter. He was instrumental in defeating the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court in 1987, and he voted to acquit President Bill Clinton in his 1999 impeachment trial. (Well, sort of — Sen. Specter produced a verdict of "not proven" from Scottish law, which hardly seemed applicable.)

But moderates and liberals are wary, too, because he tried to re-establish his conservative bona fides by trashing Anita Hill in 1991 on behalf of Clarence Thomas. That's an act Sen. Specter would probably reprise on behalf of Bush nominees if it was in his own best interest.

It's likely that the current fight is really a carefully chosen opportunity for social and religious conservatives to flex their muscles and send a message.

These folks feel they have been stiffed by Republicans despite their loyal support from Ronald Reagan onward. This time, they are convinced that they prevented George W. Bush's presidency from landing in the dumpster, and they expect to be repaid.

Moreover, the expanded Republican majority in the Senate is more conservative. The ranks of real GOP moderates has thinned, their places taken by the likes of Oklahoma Sen.-elect Tom Coburn, who believes doctors who perform abortions should be executed.

The conservatives want to make sure Sen. Specter noticed, of course. But what they most desire is to make clear that they now intend to govern — not least by outlawing abortion.

It's nice of them to provide that warning themselves

PRO-CHOICE = PRO-LIFE = ANTI-WAR

don't let those anti-choice gas bags fool you, they are NOT pro-life ! Take back the phrase ! Put it on you bumper !!!!!