Anti-contraception activist now in charge of government contraception programs

In just the first two years of this Administration, Bush appointed 100 former industry lobbyists and lawyers to become government regulators.  That is our energy policy in a nutshell.  The same thing is being done on the issue of contraception:

The Department of Health and Human Services appointed Susan Orr — who has spoken out against contraception — to a post responsible for U.S. contraception programs.

Orr, who will be acting deputy assistant secretary for populationaffairs, has been directing child welfare programs in another branch ofHHS. Prior to joining the Bush administration, Orr was senior directorfor marriage and family at the Family Research Council, a conservativegroup that favors abstinence-only education and opposes federal moneyfor contraception.

In 2001, she was quoted in the Washington Post favoring a Bushadministration plan to drop a requirement that health insurance plansfor federal employees cover a broad range of birth control.

Opposing government money for contraception is the same thing as opposing money for disease prevention and reducing teen pregnancy.