Bonnie Rogoff
There's not to be a morning after
By Bonnie Rogoff
There's got to be a morning after...pill, that is. If you are an acting director of the FDA awaiting Senate confirmation, a radical feminist at NOW or Planned Parenthood, or a statutory rapist who loves to prey on young girls, today is your day.
It is hard to believe that President Bush, a former Texas governor who once ran on a platform as a moral conservative, could utter the following statement:
"I believe that Plan B ought to be — ought to require a prescription for minors, is what I believe. And I support Andy's decision."
But utter he did. That was the President's response when asked by a reporter how he feels about the ludicrous decision, and how he feels about Plan B emergency contraception in general. Washington changes everything.
If President Bush believes there will be no repercussions with his conservative base, he is mistaken. A prominent pro-life leader issued a press release asking President Bush to withdraw Dr. von Eschenbach's nomination. The Family Research Council is planning a legal challenge to the FDA decision. With mid-term elections so close, the fallout will be against the Republicans if outraged voters in the pro-life base stay home.
With the FDA's approval of this high-voltage cocktail of hormones, any adult over the age of 18 will have free access to Plan B pills over the counter. That includes adult women and adult men. The decision does not differentiate between the sexes. Predatory males will obtain the pills and give them to minors. It's open season on underage girls. This is remarkable considering there is strong evidence that Planned Parenthood (which will now become the "counter of choice," in the words of their press release) protects pedophiles that bring girls to their abortion mills. All the abortion employees have to do is dispense the pills to the predators. The girls don't even need to come to their clinics. It's an easy, simple and safe solution for Planned Parenthood.
The FDA's decision is not a surprise; it's an extension of their previous action legalizing mifepristone (RU-486). Pro-abortion Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) penned a letter in which she applied pressure on the FDA to have mifepristone approved. It worked. Now, radical pro-abortion Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-Wash) flexed their feminist muscles, refusing to allow President Bush's nomination of Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach to go forward unless Plan B was approved.
Whether Plan B simply prevents ovulation, stops implantation or is an actual abortion is not the critical issue. The media spin that pro-lifers are opposed to Plan B because "it causes an abortion" misses the point. To do its job, the hormone levels contained in this drug's mix are high; much higher than standard birth control pills that require a doctor's prescription. There are no empirical studies indicating such levels are safe in young women, especially in adolescents whose bodies and hormones are developing.
Important also is that young adults have more sex when it becomes easier and more convenient to do so. Plan B will cause young women (and minors who get the pills covertly) to be careless and promiscuous. Plan B does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases. Expect more STD's in the future, especially among college age kids. STD's have reached alarming levels in England, where the drug is readily available. Pro-aborts say Plan B will dramatically lower the abortion rate. Not so. In European countries where the drug has been available over-the-counter, abortions have increased as have unplanned pregnancies.
This writer has argued for years that no amount of abortion will ever satisfy the radical contingent on the far left. Observe the following lines from a press release by the National Organization for Women: "But the placement "behind the counter" still means that even an adult woman may have to contend with a moralizing lecture from the cashier or pharmacy clerk, and deal with the same kinds of refusals that now face women trying to fill a prescription."
Are there no feminist pharmacists? Planned Parenthood should fill the void. They can establish a "Feminist University," (F.U. for short) offering choice training. Graduates must pass reproductive rights exams to be placed at 'choice pharmacies' across America. I can see a future where a pubescent adolescent girl approaches a choice counter, gets ambushed by a brazen activist who quickly slips packets of Plan B under the counter whispering, "I won't tell anybody, honey, if you won't!"
There will be plenty of abuse, and young teens will be the victims. The NOW press release says the FDA decision "leaves young women vulnerable." That's true. There's not to be a morning after...not for young women or girls desperately needing guidance, enlightenment and truth. They won't be told about the high levels of hormones, the no levels of STD protection or that engaging in sex with multiple partners increases the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease. Rather, they'll face darkness and deception by slick abortion operators who apply exploitation for profit. It's perverse, and despite the Family Research Council's well-intentioned legal challenge against the FDA, the decision will prevail.
© Bonnie Rogoff
There's got to be a morning after...pill, that is. If you are an acting director of the FDA awaiting Senate confirmation, a radical feminist at NOW or Planned Parenthood, or a statutory rapist who loves to prey on young girls, today is your day.
It is hard to believe that President Bush, a former Texas governor who once ran on a platform as a moral conservative, could utter the following statement:
"I believe that Plan B ought to be — ought to require a prescription for minors, is what I believe. And I support Andy's decision."
But utter he did. That was the President's response when asked by a reporter how he feels about the ludicrous decision, and how he feels about Plan B emergency contraception in general. Washington changes everything.
If President Bush believes there will be no repercussions with his conservative base, he is mistaken. A prominent pro-life leader issued a press release asking President Bush to withdraw Dr. von Eschenbach's nomination. The Family Research Council is planning a legal challenge to the FDA decision. With mid-term elections so close, the fallout will be against the Republicans if outraged voters in the pro-life base stay home.
With the FDA's approval of this high-voltage cocktail of hormones, any adult over the age of 18 will have free access to Plan B pills over the counter. That includes adult women and adult men. The decision does not differentiate between the sexes. Predatory males will obtain the pills and give them to minors. It's open season on underage girls. This is remarkable considering there is strong evidence that Planned Parenthood (which will now become the "counter of choice," in the words of their press release) protects pedophiles that bring girls to their abortion mills. All the abortion employees have to do is dispense the pills to the predators. The girls don't even need to come to their clinics. It's an easy, simple and safe solution for Planned Parenthood.
The FDA's decision is not a surprise; it's an extension of their previous action legalizing mifepristone (RU-486). Pro-abortion Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) penned a letter in which she applied pressure on the FDA to have mifepristone approved. It worked. Now, radical pro-abortion Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-Wash) flexed their feminist muscles, refusing to allow President Bush's nomination of Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach to go forward unless Plan B was approved.
Whether Plan B simply prevents ovulation, stops implantation or is an actual abortion is not the critical issue. The media spin that pro-lifers are opposed to Plan B because "it causes an abortion" misses the point. To do its job, the hormone levels contained in this drug's mix are high; much higher than standard birth control pills that require a doctor's prescription. There are no empirical studies indicating such levels are safe in young women, especially in adolescents whose bodies and hormones are developing.
Important also is that young adults have more sex when it becomes easier and more convenient to do so. Plan B will cause young women (and minors who get the pills covertly) to be careless and promiscuous. Plan B does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases. Expect more STD's in the future, especially among college age kids. STD's have reached alarming levels in England, where the drug is readily available. Pro-aborts say Plan B will dramatically lower the abortion rate. Not so. In European countries where the drug has been available over-the-counter, abortions have increased as have unplanned pregnancies.
This writer has argued for years that no amount of abortion will ever satisfy the radical contingent on the far left. Observe the following lines from a press release by the National Organization for Women: "But the placement "behind the counter" still means that even an adult woman may have to contend with a moralizing lecture from the cashier or pharmacy clerk, and deal with the same kinds of refusals that now face women trying to fill a prescription."
Are there no feminist pharmacists? Planned Parenthood should fill the void. They can establish a "Feminist University," (F.U. for short) offering choice training. Graduates must pass reproductive rights exams to be placed at 'choice pharmacies' across America. I can see a future where a pubescent adolescent girl approaches a choice counter, gets ambushed by a brazen activist who quickly slips packets of Plan B under the counter whispering, "I won't tell anybody, honey, if you won't!"
There will be plenty of abuse, and young teens will be the victims. The NOW press release says the FDA decision "leaves young women vulnerable." That's true. There's not to be a morning after...not for young women or girls desperately needing guidance, enlightenment and truth. They won't be told about the high levels of hormones, the no levels of STD protection or that engaging in sex with multiple partners increases the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease. Rather, they'll face darkness and deception by slick abortion operators who apply exploitation for profit. It's perverse, and despite the Family Research Council's well-intentioned legal challenge against the FDA, the decision will prevail.
© Bonnie Rogoff
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