Keroack Resigns as Director of Office of Population Affairs

Anti-birth control advocate Eric Keroack, Director of the Office of Population Affairs, will no longer oversee Title X, the nation’s family planning program!  Keroack resigned after months of strong opposition from the family planning community and the urging of HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt to replace Keroack. 

Keroack, the former medical director of a network of crisis pregnancy centers,  once stated that "the crass commercialization and distribution of birth control is demeaning to women, degrading of human sexuality and adverse to human health and happiness.", was clearly not qualified to run the nation’s family planning program. Hopefully President Bush will appoint a heathcare professional who supports access to birth control and understands the countries need for this important program.