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Stop Bush's Ultra-Conservative Appointee to Health and Human Services
Target: Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesSponsored by: NARAL Pro-Choice America
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.
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.
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# 30,946:
11:54 pm PDT, Apr 11,
Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
What a bunch of nutjobs. If you're going to deny women birth control, then neuter yourselves.
What a bunch of nutjobs. If you're going to deny women birth control, then neuter yourselves.
# 30,945:
10:24 pm PDT, Mar 18,
Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
# 30,944:
4:37 pm PST, Feb 26,
Name not displayed, Colorado
# 30,943:
10:48 am PST, Feb 12,
Anton Oscar Iorga, Canada
# 30,941:
12:09 pm PST, Jan 3,
VICTORIA MARY STONG/ COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, New York
ABSOLUTELY NO MAN HAS A RIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION ON A WOMAN'S HEALTH. KEEP YOUR DECISIONS WHERE THEY BELONG.................................TO YOURSELVES WHEN IT COME'S TO OUR BODIES!
ABSOLUTELY NO MAN HAS A RIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION ON A WOMAN'S HEALTH. KEEP YOUR DECISIONS WHERE THEY BELONG.................................TO YOURSELVES WHEN IT COME'S TO OUR BODIES!
# 30,940:
2:08 pm PST, Dec 31,
Nicole Bunch, Florida
I don't bush or anyone else has a right to tell women that they can't take an emergency contraceptive, or any other birth control pill.
I don't bush or anyone else has a right to tell women that they can't take an emergency contraceptive, or any other birth control pill.
# 30,939:
8:31 pm PST, Dec 15,
Nissa Guest, California
# 30,938:
6:00 pm PST, Dec 1,
Name not displayed, Indiana
# 30,937:
10:42 am PST, Nov 28,
Crystal Troy, New Jersey
# 30,936:
6:31 pm PST, Nov 26,
Marie Leduc, New York
I have heard that unless every family adopts China's one child only policy, the earth will soon be UNABLE to support its human population.
I have heard that unless every family adopts China's one child only policy, the earth will soon be UNABLE to support its human population.
# 30,935:
5:15 pm PST, Nov 18,
Stephen Roth, Georgia
# 30,934:
9:31 am PST, Nov 15,
Maribel Morales, Ohio
# 30,933:
10:34 pm PST, Nov 14,
Doris Cancel-Tirado, Oregon
# 30,932:
7:05 pm PST, Nov 14,
Steve G. Mann, Missouri
# 30,931:
5:20 pm PST, Nov 14,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 30,930:
12:04 pm PST, Nov 14,
Joe Philbin, Virginia
# 30,929:
11:16 am PST, Nov 14,
Stacey Campbell, Pennsylvania
# 30,928:
10:25 am PST, Nov 14,
Susanna Wesson, Pennsylvania
# 30,927:
8:30 am PST, Nov 14,
Carol Kaito, Colorado
# 30,926:
5:42 am PST, Nov 14,
Joanna Nicholson, North Carolina
# 30,925:
5:31 am PST, Nov 14,
Jessalyn Champignon, North Carolina
# 30,924:
3:50 am PST, Nov 14,
Aalyiah Romdhani, France
# 30,923:
12:13 am PST, Nov 14,
Melissa Muchmore, Ohio
President Bush and Secretary Leavitt: Stop pushing your religious views into American politics....I don't want to be apart of a country with one religion. Healthcare is more important than your personal opinion!
President Bush and Secretary Leavitt: Stop pushing your religious views into American politics....I don't want to be apart of a country with one religion. Healthcare is more important than your personal opinion!
# 30,922:
8:28 pm PST, Nov 13,
Steven Heaver, New Jersey
# 30,921:
7:57 pm PST, Nov 13,
Christie R, Delaware
# 30,920:
3:17 pm PST, Nov 13,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
you all need to renegioate with god . and who's in charge. cause it's not you guys.!
you all need to renegioate with god . and who's in charge. cause it's not you guys.!
# 30,919:
9:32 am PST, Nov 13,
Blake Donovan, California
# 30,918:
7:16 am PST, Nov 13,
Jennifer Taylor, Nebraska
I'll let myself decide whats best for me!
I'll let myself decide whats best for me!
# 30,917:
4:33 am PST, Nov 13,
Joseph R.Quinn, Maine
# 30,916:
12:59 pm PST, Nov 12,
Robert Clark, United Kingdom
# 30,915:
12:06 pm PST, Nov 12,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 30,914:
5:59 am PST, Nov 12,
Veronica Lach, Romania
# 30,913:
7:09 am PST, Nov 10,
Jennifer Martino, California
A womens choice is just that - her choice.
A womens choice is just that - her choice.
# 30,912:
7:46 am PST, Nov 9,
ANTIONETTE FINLEY, Ohio
THIS SO-CALLED ADMINISTRATION IS A JOKE
THIS SO-CALLED ADMINISTRATION IS A JOKE
# 30,911:
10:24 pm PST, Nov 8,
Jean Wollenweber, Oregon
sometimes I wonder how our president manages to find such totally inappropriate nominations. This one, like his others, is not responsive to public opinion, and indeed, has an opinion that is outrageously wrong.
sometimes I wonder how our president manages to find such totally inappropriate nominations. This one, like his others, is not responsive to public opinion, and indeed, has an opinion that is outrageously wrong.
# 30,910:
5:59 pm PST, Nov 8,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 30,909:
3:27 pm PST, Nov 8,
Cara Gubrud, Minnesota
# 30,908:
3:12 pm PST, Nov 8,
Debra A Hayes, Illinois
# 30,907:
1:54 pm PST, Nov 8,
Julie Peacock, Utah
# 30,906:
11:00 am PST, Nov 8,
Lisa Harford, Maryland
# 30,905:
10:57 am PST, Nov 8,
Shain Ramsdell, Maine
# 30,904:
10:24 am PST, Nov 8,
Name not displayed, Utah