There's apparently hell to pay when you point out that there's no scientific or medical reason to deny women over-the-counter access to emergency contraception. Although the Bush administration and Congress requested and allocated a full $4 million in funding for the Office of Women's Health, the FDA plans to withhold more than a quarter of that money -- $1.2 million.
Martha R. Nolan, a vice president at the Society for Women's Health Research, a Washington advocacy group, said that big budget bites in Washington are often the beginning of the end and that she worries that this is retribution for the Plan B controversy."We fear this is the first step toward eliminating the Office of Women's Health," Nolan said. "We must not allow this office to be eliminated or reduced to an empty shell that has no program funding."
But if the funding cut becomes official, the office is going to be in a bind NOW, not just in the future. They've already spent or allocated the remaining portion of their budget for this fiscal year, which means that program operations will come to a grinding halt if they don't receive the additional $1.2 million they were counting on. That'll teach them to stand up to the FDA.
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Is this the whole No Child Left Behind Act?
Because one would think they would focus on the children already born humans than an egg that hasn't dropped yet. *that joke only works if my understanding of EC is correct.
You knew the Bush Administration would respond to Plan B OTC eventually...
I'd like to propose the unofficial slogan of the Admin: "Bush and Friends - screwing women quietly from behind since 2001."
Honest to god, if I wasn't such a wimp about the cold I'd just move to Canada. I like how they're doing things up there.
I always thought plan B would be embraced by the pro-life side. It prevents pregnancy from happening but if you're already pregnant, it won't do anything. It seems like a great compromise for people who are morally opposed to abortion. But again, there must be some flaw in my thinking, because I'm continually proven wrong on this point. Guess I'd better head down to PP and buy some Plan B to hold me over until the next presidential term.
Just when I thought I couldn't hate Bush anymore than I have since like 1999 or so...
Genny, from my understanding, some "pro-lifers" consider teh spermy-in-the-eggy a life already, even if it's not attached to the uterus so that it can grow. But in Bush's case I think he just wants to see HOW many ways he can be a pain in my liberal ass.
...just because i feel like using my calculator, the $1.2 million they're planning to withold would be... roughly 1/100th of 1% of the $10 billion in cash that's gone missing in Iraq. Good to see priorities are in order.
Selected agents shifted all baggage of teams. The agents, entirely lacking precedent for a bulk movement of baggage of such proportions from aircraft, reported a smooth and successful operation. In most cases their loaded trucks were able to leave the Airport within half an hour of the buses carrying competitors and visitors. Their difficulty was the delayed arrival of most aircraft, only about one in ten of the direct overseas arrivals being on time. In the case of baggage which had gone astray before the owners reached Melbourne, prompt enquiry ensured complete recovery.
Two hundred airliners from twenty world airlines brought 10,729 passengers in time for the opening. This total included 4,276 athletes and officials and 600 journalists, photographers and broadcasters. From 133 airliners 6,421 passengers passed through clearance channels in Sydney and then on to Melbourne by domestic transport. At Melbourne Airport 73 airliners carrying 4,308 passengers were cleared. In the three weeks' programme period 3,500 passengers crossed the Tasman Sea from New Zealand, and for twelve days the crossings averaged 7½ a day.
The regular internal airlines were also increased. Peak traffic was reached on 21st November when Melbourne handled 247 aircraft and Sydney 230 aircraft. In Melbourne during a ten-hour period a plane was handled every 3.8 minutes and for one hour this increased to one every 2.2 minutes.
The Reception Office was concerned with members of the International Olympic Committee, the International Sporting Federations, the National Olympic Committees and the National Teams. Unless they had some Olympic significance, other visitors were received by the Civic Committee.
The duties covered arrangements for accommodation, information, official functions and invitations for members of the International Olympic Committee and senior international officials, and for reception at the Airport of all Guests of Honour and of the national teams. The Reception Office began work eighteen months before the Games and at once contacted individual members of the International Olympic Committee, and headquarters of National Olympic Committees and International Sporting Federations. The primary concern was the provision of accommodation.
Since hotels insisted on guarantees, all members of the National Olympic Committees and International Sporting Federations (other than technical delegates) who requested accommodation, were asked to furnish deposits on their bookings. Many who requested bookings did not comply and did not come to the Games. Members of the International Olympic Committee were not asked for deposits; the Organizing Committee provided a subsidy of 20 per cent. of the room charge.
An information office, situated on the ground floor of a leading hotel was set up to attend to requests of members of the International Olympic Committee and was connected by direct line with Reception and Transport Offices.
A suite at the hotel was engaged as a board-room for preliminary executive deliberations during the period 17th to 22nd November. The board-room later became an International Olympic Committee reception room.