by LauraLoo

Is KEYC Mankato news anchor Annie Stensrud drunk on air or something else?  You decide.

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[HT: Jill]

If nothing else, the decision reveals the power anti-choice activists have over the Obama administration, which has a history of cowing to political pressure from anti-choice activists who want to restrict access not just to abortion but to emergency contraception and conventional birth control.

Fortunately, girls of all ages will still have access to over-the-counter emergency pregnancy tests. Unfortunately, with today’s decision, Sebelius and the Obama Administration have ensured that more girls will need them.

~ Erica C. Barnett, commenting on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ decision to disallow Plan B emergency contraception for over-the-counter consumption by minors, Publicola, December 7

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UPDATE 12/9, 11:45a:  A sixth theory, by Steven Ertelt at LifeNews.com:

“The Obama administration’s track record on protecting Planned Parenthood raises the likelihood that the FDA decision is less about safety and more about making sure that Planned Parenthood retains a substantial share of the Plan B market,” Indiana Right to Life president Mike Fichter told LifeNews…. “The reality is that putting this drug on the shelf at local stores would cost Planned Parenthood millions of dollar in revenue.”

Giving credit where it’s due, Kelsey of Secular Pro-Life also posed this theory early on (first comment here).

Penny Pullen agrees, writing in the upcoming December 12 Life Advocacy Briefing:

“Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Vanessa Cullins said,” according to the National Journal, “the decision could make it harder to fight the United States’s historically high teen birth and abortion rates.” And we are told Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards is seeking a meeting with her organization’s usual close buddy, Mrs. Sebelius.

We’re not sure this angst is genuine. After all, where would young girls likely go for their still-required prescriptions – their own doctors or the “nice folks” at Planned Parenthood, who can then “serve” their continued need for intervention in their sex lives?

And here’s a seventh good theory, by Bill Beckman of the Illinois Right to Life Committee:
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From U.S. News & World Report today, from an article entitled, “New Planned Parenthood abortion charges”:

New charges from seven former workers – including a self-described “abortion doctor” – that Planned Parenthood used federal money for abortions despite prohibitions is expected to fire up Republicans seeking to shut off tax dollars to the massive family planning group.

In a letter to the House committee investigating Planned Parenthood, the seven former workers also charged that they have witnessed staffers fail to notify parents when a minor sought an abortion, failed to provide a women undergoing an abortion with “accurate and relevant information” regarding the stage of her pregnancy, or detect and act upon instances were a female was brought to a clinic under coercion, possibily even human trafficking….

The committee is probing allegations that Planned Parenthood is misusing taxpayer funds, which the seven pegged at $1 million a day in state and federal support. In opening his investigation, Florida Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns recently demanded documents related to audits, abortion-funding, and policies on reporting sexual abuse from Planned Parenthood.

Read the backstory on the House probe here. Read the letter from former employees here. Planned Parenthood responded to U.S. News by rejecting the charges, no surprise. Susan B. Anthony List circulated the letter around Congress today.

Signers include:

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was just sentenced to 14 years in prison on federal corruption charges.

As governor Blagojevich sentenced thousands of babies to death, signing an executive order in 2005 to fund embryonic stem cell research in Illinois.

Blagojevich also filed an “emergency rule” in 2005 forcing Illinois pharmacies and pharmacists to dispense the morning-after pill even if violating their consciences.

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Here’s the letter from FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg. Excerpt:

I reviewed and thoughtfully considered the data… and I agree with the Center that there is adequate and reasonable, well-supported, and science-based evidence that Plan B One-Step is safe and effective and should be approved for nonprescription use for all females of child-bearing potential.

However, this morning I received a memorandum from the Secretary of Health and Human Services invoking her authority under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to execute its provisions and stating that she does not agree with the Agency’s decision to allow the marketing of Plan B One-Step nonprescription for all females of child-bearing potential. Because of her disagreement with FDA’s determination, the Secretary has directed me to issue a complete response letter, which means that the supplement for nonprescription use in females under the age of 17 is not approved.

Abortion proponents are in shock. So am I, although in the opposite direction. From Bloomberg:

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The abortion industry’s public relations machinery has always intrigued me. At any given time I can tell which agenda items anti-life groups have directed their PR firms to push by news articles, op eds, and tweets I read. If you pay attention you see there are always particular topics the other side is swarming around.

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by LauraLoo

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