President Bush's new head of federal family-planning programs believes that birth control is "demeaning" to women. Did you have to read that twice? So did we.
Late last week, after pledging to bring the country together after his electoral losses, President Bush appointed Eric Keroack to lead the Department of Health and Human Services�?family-planning program �?which supports 4,600 clinics and more than five million people annually.
Keroack has dedicated his career to telling women that birth control and abortion are wrong. He most recently was the medical director for A Woman's Concern, which oversees six anti-choice "crisis pregnancy centers" in Massachusetts and maintains a policy stating "that the crass commercialization and distribution of birth control is demeaning to women, degrading of human sexuality and adverse to human health and happiness."
Putting a doctor who opposes birth control in charge of a federal family-planning program is just plain irresponsible. Help us keep Keroack from assuming this influential position. Send a message to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt, urging him to reject Keroack's appointment today.