Concilatory Bush in action

Breaking: Bush appoints abstinence-only nut to oversee repro rights funding

Hold on to your hats. I hear from a little birdie that the Bush administration has hired Dr. Eric Keroack to oversee Title X funding�the only federal program devoted entirely to family planning and reproductive health.

Keroack, who is currently the medical director of a Massachusetts pregnancy crisis center (you know, the folks that lie to women), will be the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs.

Keroack is not only a well-known anti-choicer, he�s also a major proponent of abstinence-only education�and when I say proponent, I mean fucking insane person.

At the Annual Abstinence Leadership Conference in Kansas, Keroack defended abstinence (in an aptly titled talk, "If I Only Had a Brain") by claiming that sex causes people to go through oxytocin withdrawal which in turn prevents people from bonding in relationships. Seriously.

[Keroack] explained that oxytocin is released during positive social interaction, massage, hugs, �trust� encounters, and sexual intercourse. �It promotes bonding by reducing fear and anxiety in social settings, increasing trust and trustworthiness, reducing stress and pain, and decreasing social aggression,� he said.

But apparently if you�ve had sex with too many people you use up all that oxytocin: "People who have misused their sexual faculty and become bonded to multiple persons will diminish the power of oxytocin to maintain a permanent bond with an individual.� Hear that? Too many sexual partners and you�ll never love again!

The good doctor has also explained his use of ultrasounds in anti-abortion counseling by stating, �even Midas lets you look at your old muffler before they advise you to change it.�

And this is the guy who is going to have control over hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding meant to provide access to contraception and reproductive health information�specifically to low income Americans.

I'm trying to figure out who the best folks are to contact to oppose this douche--apparently there's no confirmation process for this position, he just shows up to work. On Monday.

Ah, it should be fun seeing him up on the Hill, now that there's oversight again. Let him explain this right wing lunacy before people inclined to question it.