HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/CHARMAINE YOEST: “President Donald Trump on Friday [4-28-17] said he would name one of the most prominent anti-abortion activists in the nation to a top communications post at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Charmaine Yoest, tapped to be to be assistant secretary of public affairs, is a senior fellow at American Values. She is the former president of Americans United for Life, one of the most prominent anti-abortion groups in the country, which has been instrumental in advancing anti-abortion legislation at the state level to restrict access to the procedure.
AUL’s website — which states that the group offers state lawmakers 32 different pieces of model legislation to restrict access to abortion — characterizes Yoest as ‘public enemy #1’ for abortion rights organizations.
The assistant secretary of public affairs shapes communications efforts for the entire agency. Yoest’s appointment comes at a time when states with Republican governors and GOP-dominated legislatures have enacted a wave of new abortion restrictions, many of which have been blocked in court.”
-Rachana Pradhan, “Trump names anti-abortion leader Yoest to top HHS post,” Politico, April 28, 2017 10:32am