| Usenet Supreme Commander Chuck 2006-09-28, 9:29 pm |
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Ilena Rose wrote:
> Ask your Member of Congress to sponsor the FDA Scientific Fairness
> for Women Act
>
> http://capwiz.com/commandtrust/issu...9061756&type=CO
> Links & sample text provided
>
>
> A new report from the Institute of Medicine concluded that the FDA is
> not doing a good job of ensuring products are safe before they are
> approved. That's one of the reasons why a new bill introduced by
> Representative Rosa DeLauro, the FDA Scientific Fairness for Women
> Act, is so important.
>
> Fortunately, Rep. DeLauro is a well-respected Member of Congress with
> a key leadership position that helps determine FDA funding every year.
> Her bill sends a strong message to the FDA, but that message will be
> even stronger if other Members of Congress also co-sponsor the bill.
> Please take a moment to send an email to your Representative asking
> them to immediately co-sponsor the FDA Scientific Fairness for Women
> Act.
>
> The bill would:
>
> Provide explicit authorization for the Office of Women's Health within
> the FDA, and elevates the authority of the office;
>
> Require FDA to hold a scientific workshop that brings together FDA
> scientists with scientists and clinicians from respected and
> established medical professional associations and health agencies to
> evaluate the scientific data on the use of emergency contraception by
> females under 18,
>
> Require FDA to define the life of silicone breast implants, and
> require their safety to be demonstrated for the life of the device and
> prior to approval,
>
> Hold FDA accountable for its actions if silicone breast implants are
> approved,
>
> Require FDA to list potential members of FDA's breast implant advisory
> committees before the meeting and allow NO exemptions for financial
> conflicts of interest, and
>
> Require FDA to convene and oversee a panel of independent scientists
> to design and conduct a study on platinum and platinum salts in the
> bodies and breast milk of women with silicone breast implants.
> We have provided a pre-written subject line and text for your email to
> Congress, but strongly encourage you to edit them so they are in your
> own words. This will make it much more persuasive to your
> Representative. Just remember: we are not asking them to vote for the
> bill, since that probably won't be an option this year. We are asking
> them to co-sponsor the bill, which is something they could (and
> should) do immediately.
>
> Thank you for your time and effort. Together we can make a difference!
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> www.BreastImplantAwareness.org
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