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The public administration program will host Susan Wood, associate professor at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, for the lecture "The Controversy over Contraception: Women's Health, FDA, and Emergency Contraception," on Monday, May 5, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Classroom Building C122.

Wood served as FDA assistant commissioner for women’s health for five years. When she concluded in 2005 that Bush administration politics were tying up the approval of Plan-B, not the safety or efficacy of the “morning-after pill,” she resigned and spoke our forcefully that FDA science was being held captive by the “pro-life movement.” Following her resignation, Wood traveled around the country, sharing her story and voicing her concerns over the state of public health policy.

Her talk is funded by the Grant Allocation Committee.