Can you say bullshit?

From the New York Times for May 7, comes the news that

[f]ederal drug regulators yesterday rejected a drug maker's application to sell a morning-after pill over the counter because of concerns about whether young girls would be able to use it safely.

Right. I believe that. That was the real reason. Despite the fact that a panel assembled by the FDA in December voted 23-4 to recommend that the drug be available over the counter, despite the fact that the panel said that women, including girls, could be trusted to understand how to use it. The real reason is the touching concern of the WHS* for the safety of young women.

Or maybe this is closer to the truth:

Wendy Wright, senior policy director at Concerned Women for America, a conservative women's organization, said that the agency had ignored political pressure and made its decision based on science.

"The F.D.A. is right to be cautious about having a potent drug that can be harmful to women sitting next to candy bars and toothpaste," Ms. Wright said. Broad availability of Plan B would allow people to slip the medicine to women without their knowledge, Ms. Wright said.

So which is it? A valid scientific judgment or a politically-driven appeal to the ignorant, narrow-minded, sex-hating, goggle-eyed fantasies of the extreme right?

We report, you decide.

*White House Sociopaths