Bush's stealth candidate, Dr. Eric Keroack has a long history of preaching to women. He is set to be in charge of the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) which covers Family Planning. He will control two grant programs:
- The Family Planning program authorized under Title X of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), and
- The Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Demonstration and Research program authorized under Title XX of the PHSA
WITH YOUR MONEY.
His background features Culture of Life (anti-choice) activism and promotion of abstinence as THE only form of birth-control. He also
Worries about Wayward Wives.
His name is synonymous with Abstinence Only programs. He has challenged the American Medical Association's Dr. J. Edward Hill who said in 2004 that the AMA would support the Abstinence Only program if it worked.
Scientists involved with research into bonding called Keroack's theories [on sex as an addiction], based on research on prairie voles, a type of rodent, an extreme reading of the data. Boston Globe.
Well imagine that.
WASHINGTON The Government Accountability Office says most federally-backed abstinence programs aren't scientifically reviewed for effectiveness.
Your government is now shifting the focus from Abstinence Only programs for teen-agers to abstinence for adults.
Critics charge that the government's $170 million abstinence-only program fails even its intended audience of school-age youngsters. Various studies of abstinence education show mixed results. Some studies show no reduction in sexually transmitted disease or unintended pregnancies. Comprehensive sex education, which includes information about birth control and protection against sexually transmitted diseases, delivers consistently superior outcomes, research shows.Dallas News
Looks like Dr. Keroack will do a 'heck of a job' giving grants to Family Planning Clinics which oppose his prairie vole theories.