Trump set to hand key family planning role to anti-contraception advocate
Source: The Guardian
Trump set to hand key family planning role to anti-contraception advocate
Law professor Teresa Manning once claimed contraception doesnt work
Planned Parenthood says Manning promotes myths about birth control
Molly Redden
Monday 1 May 2017 17.56 BST
Donald Trump has reportedly appointed to a position overseeing the USs family planning safety net a law professor who once stated that contraception doesnt work and family planning is something that occurs between a husband and a wife and God, and it doesnt really involve the federal government.
The prospect of Teresa Manning becoming deputy assistant secretary for population affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, first reported by PoliticoPro, has led reproductive rights activists to demand that Trump withdraw the appointment, saying his choice could jeopardize the federal program responsible for preventing millions of unplanned pregnancies, and by extension, abortions.
Mannings appointment would give her oversight of Title X, a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar federal program that provides contraceptive services to low-income and uninsured women and men, and a hand in guiding the federal governments policy toward teen pregnancy, family planning, and pregnancy prevention.
Teresa Mannings appointment is unacceptable, said Dawn Laguens, Planned Parenthoods executive vice-president. This is the fox guarding the hen house, and women with low incomes will pay the price. We are at the lowest rate of unintended pregnancy in 30 years and a historic low for teen pregnancy because of access to birth control. Someone who promotes myths about birth control and reproductive care should not be in charge of the office that is responsible for family planning at HHS.
[font size=1]
-snip-[/font]
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/01/trump-teresa-manning-family-planning-role