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Trump names anti-abortion leader to high post at HHS
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | April 28, 2017 | by David Crary

Posted on 04/28/2017 11:55:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The White House says President Donald Trump is appointing the former president of a leading anti-abortion organization to a senior position at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Charmaine Yoest, who actively supported Trump in his campaign, will serve as assistant secretary of public affairs at HHS. From 2008 until February 2016, she was president of Americans United for Life, which campaigned at the federal and state level for tough restrictions on abortion.

Among the many state bills backed by the group under Yoest's leadership were measures that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, require women seeking abortions to undergo a sonogram and impose tough regulations on abortion clinics that could lead to their closure.

The appointment was assailed by abortion-rights groups.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: life

1 posted on 04/28/2017 11:56:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Major great!


2 posted on 04/28/2017 12:14:47 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

See?

This is good. Winning.

The first term has hardly begun. Things take time but most signs are positive.


3 posted on 04/28/2017 12:21:49 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sounds like a good choice.


4 posted on 04/28/2017 3:45:36 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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