FRC Action And Pro-Life Coalition Urge The FDA To
Reject New Abortion-Causing Drug
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - Today FRC Action
joined 19 pro-life groups in a letter sent to Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret
Hamburg requesting that Ella, a drug under consideration
for FDA approval that can cause abortions but is misleadingly
labeled as an "emergency contraceptive," not
be approved.
Tom McClusky, FRC Action's Senior Vice
President, made the following comments:
"The Obama Administration has repeatedly promised
a commitment to science and transparency, but approval
of Ella as an 'emergency contraceptive' would deny
women the right to informed consent on something as
important as a baby's life and their health. Ella can
cause an abortion after implantation, just like RU-486.
"Additionally, given the recently enacted Obama
health care plan, approval of this drug could open
yet another backdoor to taxpayer funding of abortions," McClusky
concluded.
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Click here to
download FRC's new Ella fact sheet, "Myth and
Fact: The Truth About Ella and How it Works."
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IF10G01
Click here to
download a copy of the group letter to FDA Commissioner
Margaret Hamburg.
http://www.frc.org/ella-group-letter
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.frcaction.org
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2010 - Today FRC Action joined 19 pro-life groups in a letter sent to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg requesting that Ella, a drug under consideration for FDA approval that can cause abortions but is misleadingly labeled as an "emergency contraceptive," not be approved.
Tom McClusky, FRC Action's Senior Vice President, made the following comments:
"The Obama Administration has repeatedly promised a commitment to science and transparency, but approval of Ella as an 'emergency contraceptive' would deny women the right to informed consent on something as important as a baby's life and their health. Ella can cause an abortion after implantation, just like RU-486.
"Additionally, given the recently enacted Obama health care plan, approval of this drug could open yet another backdoor to taxpayer funding of abortions," McClusky concluded.
# # #
Click here to
download FRC's new Ella fact sheet, "Myth and
Fact: The Truth About Ella and How it Works."
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IF10G01
Click here to
download a copy of the group letter to FDA Commissioner
Margaret Hamburg.
http://www.frc.org/ella-group-letter
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.frcaction.org