FDA exec quits, citing "morning-after" delay
WASHINGTON — A longtime women's health advocate quit her high-level Food and Drug Administration (FDA) post yesterday to protest the agency's refusal to allow over-the-counter sales of the "morning-after" pill to women over 16.
In an e-mail to friends and colleagues, Susan Wood, 46, the FDA's assistant commissioner for women's health, said she was resigning because limiting access "to a product that would reduce unintended pregnancies and reduce abortions is contrary to my core commitment to improving and advancing women's health."
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