LET FACTION COUNTER FACTION:

President Bush’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration is being blocked from Senate confirmation by two Democrats who said Wednesday that they would hold up a vote until the agency settled the long-delayed question of whether an emergency contraceptive could be sold over the counter.

I don’t think the FDA should politicize this issue; I think its decision should be based entirely on safety. Of course, as Kerry Howley notes, you don’t have to worry about pharmacists exercising “ethical vetoes” if you make it over-the-counter.