Planned Parenthood CEO says widespread availability of abortifacient pill will lower the number of surgical abortions
Women may have a new choice for contraception by early this fall. The Food and Drug Administration announced last Friday that it will decide by September 1 whether to allow nationwide over-the-counter sales of the abortifacient Plan B, or the "morning-after" pill. Planned Parenthood of Idaho dispenses an average of over 100 abortifacient morning-after pill prescriptions per week, according to President and CEO Rebecca Poedy. The company, Planned Parenthood, is the leading provider of such prescriptions nationwide, and estimates that more widespread availability of the drug could prevent 1.7 million unintended pregnancies and 800,000 surgical abortions each year.
Posted by Editor at July 21, 2005 07:12 AM
