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Washington D.C., Aug 22, 2006 / 12:00 am (CNA).- President George Bush shocked the pro-life movement with his support for over-the-counter access to abortion-drug Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, for adults. However, Plan B “ought to require a prescription for minors,” he said.

Bush’s words of support came at a White House press conference yesterday, when he was asked by the Washington Examiner’s Bill Sammon about Plan B and his new FDA commissioner who supports its over-the-counter status.

“President Bush’s implied support of over-the-counter status for the abortion-causing drug Plan B is a betrayal of the pro-life principles he claims to support,” said Stephen Peroutka, Esq., chairman of the National Pro-Life Action Center.

“If this dangerous drug is made available over-the-counter, it will give adult male predators another weapon in their arsenal against young women,” he added.

Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, president of Human Life International added that the president’s statement is also "completely inconsistent with his recent veto of the embryonic stem-cell research (ESCR) funding bill.

“What the president apparently fails to realize is that Plan B kills the same innocent unborn children that the ESCR process does," said the priest in a statement.

"The president must demonstrate a consistent respect for the sanctity of all human life or he risks provoking a great divorce with the conservative Catholics that comprise a large part of his support base,” Fr. Euteneuer continued. “Human beings in the embryonic stage of development deserve equal protection under the law and the president's position falls far short of that mark."

FDA Commissioner Dr. Andy von Eschenbach has said he would support making the abortion drug available without a prescription to women, aged 18 and up. Pro-life groups called for his resignation last week over his support for the drug.

According to LifeSiteNews.com, Concerned Women for America had blasted the decision, pointing out a clear incongruence: Plan B would be available without medical supervision while a low-dose of the same drug, found in birth control pills, requires medical oversight to protect women from serious health complications.

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Published by: Esteban
Costa Rica 08/22/2006 06:24 PM EST

We must see the thruth as it is. George Bush is not a a very honest person. The sooner we realize this, the sooner we will see reality. I doubt it very much that had it not been for 9-11, Bush would probably had not been re-elected president. His family is not very honorably, either. The Bush-Clintons are up to destroy the US and carry the rest of the world with them.

Published by: mercedes jones
st. johns' nl, canada 08/22/2006 06:00 PM EST

Oh Bush is really losing it now. We so respected and applauded his pro life stance. But one cannot be a partial pro-life supporter. If the other part is pro abortion, that's what he is, he is pro abortion!

Published by: JJ
USA 08/22/2006 05:18 PM EST

We must remember that President Bush did NOT answer the questions raised to him concerning his stance on abortion during his political questioning. He and his father are both Masons and therefore are not truly Christian. He is not a Catholic and does not support the morality of Holy Church. I am from New Orleans and he has not cared for us citizens as he should have, just as he is turning his back on the unborn children he is willing to see killed.

Published by: George Angel
Canada 08/22/2006 04:13 PM EST

This is a perfect example of why I do not trust political leaders or their parties to do the right thing when push comes to shove. Pro-life pro-family Americans should not be surprised or shocked by President George W. Bush supporting access to over- the-counter abortion drugs. This is the same President Bush that did not intervene and stop the public starvation of Terri Schiavo in Florida last year. And to suggest that President Bush the leader of the free world and the President of the most powerful country in the world that even has a brother who is and was the Governor of the State of Florida and could not stop this public starvation because of a judge's order defies all credibility and logic. This very same President has had the power to send 100's of thousands of American troops into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and we were all told he could not save Terri Schiavo because of a judge's order was clearly a figment of someone's imagination. Even criminals that have commited murder have had stays of execution because of a Governor's intervention. Quite clearly, no one should be surprised by this recent development because we all need to pray and put our trust in the Lord not politicians or political leaders!

Published by: Jack Leone
Wantagh, NY 08/22/2006 02:41 PM EST

I meant to say, that Masonry is the "Black Beast."

Published by: Jack Leone
Wantagh, NY 08/22/2006 02:34 PM EST

This is Masonry, the Black in "The Book of the Apocalypse," in action. Remember, Masonry supports all sorts of repulsive immorality with its diabolical mission. I'm surprised at the President.

Published by: WL
US 08/22/2006 02:33 PM EST

"disappointed in the president"? How could anyone be disappointed except someone who has the wild notion that the Pres is conservative or cares anything about human life? He is living up to my expectations entirely.

Published by: RH
Albuquerque, NM 08/22/2006 02:26 PM EST

Disappointed in the president now? What were these people thinking? How did they think he had a "consistent" pro-life ethic when he start wars for profit? Wake up and smell the gasoline!

Published by: Margie Vopacke Reilly
Carmichael, CA 08/22/2006 12:06 PM EST

Wow! What a betrayal! I am reminded of the last time he betrayed the prolife movement by approving federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research. Within days, our nation felt the heartache of the September 11th disaster.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.
Perhaps it can best be summed up in the words of the late Fulton Sheen:

"Truth is truth no matter if nobody believes it and error is error not matter if everybody believes it."

Our President has made a grave error and I pray for his soul.

Published by: Marcia Stevenson
McKees Rocks, PA, USA 08/22/2006 11:48 AM EST

This is truly a terrible development. I am very disappointed in the president.

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