Abortion foe to lead on family planning
By Bryan Bender and Alan Wirzbicki, Globe Correspondent
November 17, 2006

WASHINGTON -- President Bush yesterday appointed a Boston-area gynecologist known for his anti abortion work and advocacy for abstinence programs in Massachusetts to oversee the federal government's family planning efforts, sparking praise from conservatives and criticism from abortion-rights activists.

Dr. Eric James Keroack of Marblehead serves as supervising physician for five crisis-pregnancy centers in Massachusetts that seek to persuade what he calls "abortion-vulnerable women" to go through with their pregnancies. the rest