Susan Orr resigns, conservative groups call for a “domestic gag rule”

This is big.
Less than a year after she was appointed by George Bush to lead the nation’s family planning office, contraception-hating wingnut Susan Orr announced her resignation on Wednesday.
Her resignation shortly followed after the the Family Research Council, the organization she was formerly employed with (along with 80 other conservative groups) called on George Bush to reinstate a “domestic gag rule.” Like the Global Gag Rule, this means that eligibility for Title X funds (which covers a huge chunk of our nation’s family planning clinics) will require that centers don’t refer patients for abortions or share facilities with abortion providers.
Title X is the only federal funding program that provides contraceptive services to low-income individuals, and Susan Orr’s job was to watch over its management. The Family Research Council are working hella hard to get this “domestic gag rule” passed, and if Bush decides to leave us with this gift before he leaves office, a lot of clinics and a lot of low-income women and men are going to be fucked.
Check out RH Reality Check for more background on this, and take action here; tell Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt that the gag rule has no home here.