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RU486 - something to be said for considered debate : Comments
By Andrew Laming, published 16/2/2006Where substantial ethical concerns exist, Parliament should retain the option to resume the power delegated to the Therapeutic Goods Adminsistration when required.
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>>approval [of RU486] means additional choices for some, but ironically closes down a chance to debate the ethics of new medications.<<
Absolutely not so.
If Parliament wants to make abortion illegal, it is perfectly entitled to go down that path. Once it has done so, it can withdraw approval for all abortifacients.
At face value, this is another attempt to freight the TGA with ethical considerations that the author readily admits should be the province of our parliament. The role of the TGA is to assess health risk, not play judge and jury.
We elect our politicians, and trust they will take responsibility for the decisions they make on our behalf. (Stop sniggering Jones Minor) At a different level, we trust that bodies such as the TGA will discharge their particular responsibilities as best they can. But we shouldn't ask the TGA to do our government's work for them.