30 March 2007

Abstaining from abstinence

The head of the US Government's Health and Human Services Department Office of Population Affairs, Dr. Eric Keroack, has resigned suddenly after Medicaid officials from Massachusetts took action against him. It is not clear at this time what the nature of that action was. In his five month tenure at the Office Dr. Keroack was ostensibly responsible for ensuring that women had access to contraceptives and family planning. The problem was that he didn't believe in either so could hardly be considered as effective in that role.

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