Hey, do you enjoy having sex without having babies? If so, the Bush administration’s new head of family planning for the Department of Health has a bone to pick with you. Susan Orr, who is critical of contraception (like, all of it), was just put in charge of “$283 million in annual grants to provide low-income families and others with contraceptive services, counseling and preventive screenings.” That’s like giving that “God Hates Fags” minister $283 million to spend on Will and Grace episodes.
Bonus money quote, just in case you’re on the fence about whether to start stockpiling condoms:
In a 2001 article in The Washington Post, Orr applauded a Bush proposal to stop requiring all health insurance plans for federal employees to cover a broad range of birth control. "We're quite pleased, because fertility is not a disease," said Orr, then an official with the Family Research Council.
Links:
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/16/AR2007101601762.html?hpid=moreheadlines
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps