There was another choice: leave it vacant until they sent someone who doesn't have a history of supporting the genocide of little babies.
Posting this information from elsewhere:
Sarah did NOT point a former member of Planned parent hood, the group had a different name when the appointee was a member and they were not yet an abortion supporting group.
Study facts, not MSM articles.
There you go bearing false witness again.. there is no evidence from this that Christen supports this.. She was on the board of this group that later became Planned Parenthood almost a decade before they became PP and promoted abortions. Nothing in her application (linked above) mentioned Planned Parenthood. That is the entire extent of the so called evidence that she is pro-abortion, very lose to say the least. Why is the same group who leveled these charges supporting the far more liberal Smith? What do you think their motivation is?
You would think, working for Dr. Keyes, you would know about these types of media smears, he was on the receiving end of many. You should know better than to trust anything with face value. You should also know that there are many groups who mask what they really believe behind false fronts. I recall some fake group in Idaho that claimed to be for tax reform got Keyes tripped up, some ugly stuff there.. Why not learn from that and have a little intellectual curiosity about the charge?