The Family Research Council reports:
This week, as reports circulate about who the
President-elect's appointments will be, the spotlight has briefly
rested on Susan Wood, co-chair of Obama's "advisory committee for
women's health."
Wood, who is vehemently pro-abortion, is rumored to be
the next commissioner of the FDA. Three years ago, Wood was at that
very agency, heading the
Office of Women's Health. When her boss postponed a plan to make
"emergency contraception" available to teen girls over the counter,
Wood resigned in
protest. She was outraged that the FDA wanted to delay sales until they
could ensure that children under 16 could not access the drug without
medical
supervision. Under Wood's authority, the FDA would err as she does-on
the side of abortion advocacy, not American safety.
Her influence in the Obama administration could also mean the end of pro-life measures in our global AIDS policy. In a speech, Wood claims the U.S. has been "going in the wrong direction" on PEPFAR. While leaders in Africa have universally praised Bush's emphasis on abstinence and monogamy, Wood hints that the new president will implement a condom-based approach "not just this narrow, political ideology." That would be bad news for Africans.
See also LifeNews: Obama Health Advisor, Possible FDA Nominee Susan Wood an Abortion Activist