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Trump’s Latest Health Pick Thinks IUDs Kill Babies

They don't.
Americans United for Life

President Donald Trump's administration has been no stranger to the anti-abortion movement. From Vice President Mike Pence speaking at a pro-life rally, to Trump hiring a health policy aide who has argued that birth control can "break your uterus for good," Trump's administration has welcomed many anti-abortionists to the table.

But Trump's latest appointee, a staunch anti-abortionist who thinks IUDs cause abortions, is perhaps the most concerning, because she'll be bringing her anti-science views to a position charged with providing health information to the public. Meet Charmaine Yoest.

Last week, Trump appointed Yoest, a career anti-abortion lobbyist, to the position of assistant secretary of public affairs for Health and Human Services, one of the top communications jobs at the agency. Yoest has spent her career lobbying for abortion and birth control restrictions with anti-abortion groups such as the Family Research Council, Americans United for Life, and American Values (these groups also support anti-LGBT agendas, it's worth noting). On its website, Americans United for Life boasts that Yoest is "public enemy number one to many in the pro-abortion community." Read more at Motherboard.