Plan B for babies

A federal judge has thrown-out as politically motivated a FDA decision under the Bush Administration that the so-called Plan B contraceptive pill or morning-after pill may not be sold over-the-counter to minors (17 and under). The FDA allows it to be sold over-the-counter to those 18 and over. This means that the Obama administration will revisit, and likely allow, Plan B, which uses the same chemicals used in contraceptive pills requiring a prescription but at higher doses, to be sold to minors.

Naturally, the Bush administration could not have been thinking about the natural law rights of parents to oversee the medical care of their minor children, or the known risks of unsupervised use of the Plan B pill or its acknowledged abortifacient effects. And, of course, the Obama administration will not take politics, that is, its overwhelming ties to the so-called "reproductive rights" movement and abortion industry, into account in its review of Plan B rules.

It so nice to know that the federal courts and the nanny state have the best interests of families at heart.

St. Gabriel, protect us from the enemies of life, from conception to natural death!

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