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WASHINGTON - A physician who has been criticized for his views on birth control was named to a Food and Drug Administration panel on women's health policy.
Dr. W. David Hager, a University of Kentucky obstetrician-gynecologist, was among 11 physicians appointed Tuesday to the FDA's Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs.
Hager has sought to reverse the panel's 1996 recommendation that led to approval of the abortion pill, RU-486, has condemned the birth-control pill and acknowledges he is anti-abortion.
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Tuesday called the appointment of Hager and other doctors on the panel a "a frontal assault on reproductive rights that will imperil women's health."
It said Hager and his wife, Linda, have recommended "specific Scripture readings and prayers for such ailments as headaches and premenstrual syndrome."
The advisory committee's job is to review and evaluate data - and make recommendations - on the safety and effectiveness of marketed and experimental drugs.
The panel's chair will be Dr. Linda Giudice, chief of reproductive endocrinology and infertility for the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Stanford University Medical Center.
Dr. Scott Shields Emerson a professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington was among nine other physicians named to the panel.
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