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As a CNM and a member of ACNM (required for my hospital privs) it is assumed that I am pro-choice, support Planned Parenthood, have no reservations about supporting the March of Dimes and/or the United Way funding campaign. It is really hard and counter-cultural to be pro-life in the profession(s) that, at the core of it, are all about life - Obstetrics, Midwifery, Pediatrics. It shows just how warped our culture has become.

I found reading the essay on Dr. A. Guttmacher (in the book Architects of the Cutlrue of Death) to be most enlightening.

alicia huntley cnm msn Hager FDA appointment> > President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. 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 > 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.> > 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; and > > SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S> RIGHTS.> ---------------------------------------------------------------> > Copy the following letter into a new e-mail and send to:> > president@w...> > > I oppose the appointment of Dr. W. Hager to theFDA 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.> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------> THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. PLEASE SEND THE LETTER AND FORWARD TO AS> MANY> PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW. >