April 29, 2017

Abortion opponent picked for high federal health post

Mother Jones - Charmaine Yoest, the former president and CEO of anti-abortion group Americans United for Life, has been tapped to be the assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, the White House announced.

Yoest, a long-time anti-abortion advocate, has helped orchestrate some of the anti-abortion movement's most significant legislative victories. From 2008 to 2016, Yoest headed AUL, a small but mighty law firm whose goal is to end all abortion in the United States. Under her leadership, AUL helped spur a wave of anti-abortion restrictions around the country, writing model bills and distributing them to state legislatures.

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