Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

I don’t know what a “Junker” is, and I probably don’t want to know…

The bill is a direct rebuke to Senate Republicans who are trying to champion the issue of over-the-counter birth control. That GOP bill has drawn fire from reproductive health groups like Planned Parenthood Action Fund, however, that warn the legislation would force women to again pay out of pocket for their birth control.

“If something is too expensive, it doesn’t matter how easy it is to get. It might as well be on the moon,” Murray told reporters Tuesday.

Unlike the Republican bill, Murray’s bill would not provide incentives for insurance companies to offer birth control available over the counter.

“ We have to be very careful not to put political pressure on the FDA without going through the regular process, “ Murray said.

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the Frito-Lay workers on strike in Kansas are enduring horrifying working conditions: 12-hour days, 7 days a week. some haven’t had a day off in 5 months, Saturdays and Sundays included. people should take in the fact that it is literally killing them

“You can make birth control available over the counter in every pharmacy in America, but if it still costs $600 a year, it will be out of reach for many women,” Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, told reporters.

“ We have to be very careful not to put political pressure on the FDA without going through the regular process, “ Murray said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) today announced victory in their efforts to force the FDA to make a decision regarding the over-the-counter application of Plan B emergency contraceptives. The Senators issued the following statement on the news from Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt that the FDA will act on Plan B’s application by September 1, 2005:

“It is long past time that the American people had a decision on Plan B and the FDA has finally agreed to give women across the country what we have fought for from the beginning – a yes or no decision. After more than two years of waiting, American consumers and American women will finally get an answer.

While we continue to have concerns about the lack of leadership and independent decision-making that Dr. Crawford and the FDA have shown in this case, we have been clear all along that our hold on this nomination is about one thing only: the FDA’s failure to provide an answer on Plan B.

As we have now received a date for a decision on Plan B, we have agreed to release our hold on Dr. Crawford’s nomination.

Because the actual bill was to force insurance companies to continue to provide for contraceptives, as without the mandate numerous insurers actually refused to cover the costs of birth control. This led to many women having to either pay out of pocket, or seek additional insurance outside of their company policy. Which added extra costs for maintaining a safe lifestyle.