As you should know by now, I’m not fond of the FDA. I think that it’s an agency infilitrated by big business and, besides, it’s an agency that ignored my past inquiries. The FDA is in the news again, however, for approving the Plan B birth control pill for sale over the counter. I don’t have a problem with the decision, but I’m wondering about its politics.
It’s an election year, you see, and Christian Conservatives have little to be excited about, politically. Nothing or threatening has happened on the Gay Marriage front, or even on Abortion, either. (And besides, there’s a certain feeling of inevitability in Conservative circles regarding Roe, what with the confirmation of Roberts and Alito.) I’m willing to bet that someone high up in Conservative circles ordered the FDA to do this so as to rile up Conservatives for the fall. What? Don’t look at me as if they’re a pure organization; they’re not.
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