Thursday, May 03, 2007

Autism Groups Oppose Draft Compounded Medicine Legislation

A coalition of autism organizations expressed concerns regarding draft legislation that would restrict or eliminate access to compounded medicines doctors prescribe to treat children with autism. The organizations – A-CHAMP, Autism One, the Autism Research Institute, Defeat Autism Now!, Generation Rescue, Moms Against Mercury, the National Autism Association, NoMercury, REAACH, SafeMinds, SOAR Autism Network, TACA – Talk About Curing Autism, US Autism and Asperger Association and Unlocking Autism – issued a position paper outlining their concerns with the so-called Safe Drug Compounding Act of 2007. child-autism-parent-cafe.com

Click here to read position statement.