[Vision2020] "As Jesus Cared for Women:Restoring Women Then and Now."

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

All:

I received the info below (but not the Internet link) in a e-mail petition to 
oppose the appointment by President Bush of Hager to the position described.  
I checked on the book alleged to have been written by Hager, and found the 
amazon.com info presented at this link, which also shows "Stress and the Women's 
Body" as a book title written by Hager.  The customer reviews at this link 
are revealing: 


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0800717511/ref=ase_playland3-20/002-4382044-3356842?v=glance&s=books

President Bush has announced his intention to appoint Dr. W. David Hager to 
head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs 
Advisory Committee. This 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 requireCongressional 
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 health care are far outside the 
mainstream for reproductive technology and modern gynecological practice. 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. Dr. 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. 
    
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V2020 Post by Ted Moffett
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