Dr. Susan Wood to Speak in Des Moines on Thursday, Jan. 5, on Women's Health, Emergency Contraception and the FDA
Dr.
Susan Wood will be speaking at Drake University (Bulldog Theatre) on
Thursday, January 5th. This event is free and open to the public,
RSVP today! Event details are outlined below.
WOMEN'S HEALTH, EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AND THE FDA
Why Science is Important in Health Care Policy Decisions
Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa invites you to attend a discussion with Dr.
Susan Wood, former Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Health and
Director of the Office of Women’s Health at the Food and Drug
Administration.
Dr. Wood resigned
on August 31, 2005, from the FDA in protest over continued delays in
approving over-the-counter status for Plan B emergency contraception.
Though
the FDA’s own scientists and advisory panels have approved Plan B for
over-the-counter status, this status has been continually delayed since
2003. These delays “continue to limit women's access to a product
that would reduce unintended pregnancies and reduce abortions,” writes
Wood in her resignation, and are “contrary to [her] core commitment to
improving and advancing women's health.”
Please join us on Thursday, January 5, 2006 as Dr. Wood discusses the value of sound science when making health care policy decisions.
Who: Dr. Susan Wood
Former FDA Director of Women's Health
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2006
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Place: Bulldog Theatre
Drake University – 29th & University
Des Moines, Iowa
RSVP
Contact Family Planning Council of Iowa at FPCI@FPCOUNCIL.COM or 515-288-9028
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Event sponsors:
Family Planning Council of Iowa, Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa,
Drake University College of Pharmacy, Iowa Commission on the Status of
Women and Iowa Pharmacists Association
The Right To Mother – At the Right Time
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