Plan B: Grade F

While the real losers here are the women denied easy access to Plan B, holding up von Eschenbach’s confirmation brings no prizes for the rest of us either. The FDA is charged with evaluating, regulating, and monitoring the safety and efficacy of the substances that we put into our bodies. While Bush bickers with senators in Washington, the FDA is left languishing under a culture that allows politics to inform scientific decisions about health and safety, and that lacks a confirmed commissioner who is capable and willing to bring change to the administration.

As the Plan B dispute continues to drag on, the only thing that's clear is that both the politicians and the food and drug administration deserve a failing grade for their handling of this situation.

What in the world does any one expect from a Dumnbya nomination? Women, and science, in general, have become losers since the ultimate loser has been sitting in the White House.
Every aspect of government in Washington has been politised. Why should the FDA claim any deferrence?
The whole system deserves a resounding F in dealing with the real life concerns of the rest of society{US!}
Has anyone figured this nomination to be expedient in that it will drag on,as stated, while personal agendas are implimented? Agendas that will be difficult to overturn in the future?
The FDA has been a political tool of lobbyists and politicians for quite some time now.Why should we expect something better under this administration?
The controversey over E.C. is ridiculous, but it adheres to the climate propagated by our present government.