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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Superstition Rules!</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Tbertruss@aol.com
href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com">Tbertruss@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:31
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] "As Jesus Cared for
Women:Restoring Women Then andNow." </DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>All:<BR><BR>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:
<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0800717511/ref=ase_playland3-20/002-4382044-3356842?v=glance&s=books">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0800717511/ref=ase_playland3-20/002-4382044-3356842?v=glance&s=books</A><BR><BR>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 <BR>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. <BR><BR>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 <BR>inaccurate
assertion that the common birth control pill is an abortifacient. <BR><BR>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 <BR>serve as chair of this committee.
<BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>V2020 Post by
Ted Moffett</FONT>
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