[NOW Action List] Eric Keroack Must Go!

Support NOW's Work |	December 1, 2006	| Tell a Friend

All NOW Actions NOW and Women's Health		Sack Keroack: Round Two Thanks to the tens of thousands of you who signed our "Sack Keroack" petition and sent letters to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt, asking him to withdraw the appointment of Eric Keroack, a doctor who opposes contraception, to oversee U.S. birth control funding. In spite of the many messages received by his office, Secretary Leavitt hasn't rescinded Keroack's appointment and, despite several requests, refuses to meet with representatives from NOW. So we're going to Congress and asking them to stand with us in demanding that Eric Keroack be removed from overseeing our country's family planning programs and funds. But we need your help. Take Action! Please take a moment today to write to your representatives in Congress, asking them to press Secretary Leavitt to find a qualified candidate to serve as deputy assistant secretary for population affairs and to drop his appointment of Eric Keroack. Why Keroack is wrong for this job: The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs oversees $238 million "designed to provide access to contraceptive supplies and information to all who want and need them with priority given to low-income persons." Eric Keroack has a long history of opposing contraceptive use, supporting ineffective abstinence-only educational programs, and working against a woman's right to abortion . He is the medical director of A Woman's Concern, an anti-contraception, anti-abortion network of so-called pregnancy counseling centers based in Boston. Their website states that "A Woman's Concern is persuaded that the crass commercialization and distribution of birth control is demeaning to women, degrading of human sexuality and adverse to human health and happiness." More info on Eric Keroack If you haven't already, please sign our petition and send a message to Secretary Leavitt or tell a friend about it. Then ask your Senators and Representative to join you in supporting the girls and women of this nation and their right to safe, accessible contraceptives and birth control. Take Action
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