Bayan
01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
Dr. Leana Wen, the first physician to lead Planned Parenthood in decades, was ousted after just eight months on the job. Her departure highlights a central tension over the direction of the group: Is it a political organization first, or a health organization? Guest: Sarah Kliff, an investigative reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily).
Background reading:
As states began to pass ever more restrictive laws on abortion, Planned Parenthood’s leaders felt they needed a more aggressive political leader (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/us/politics/planned-parenthood-wen.html?smid=pc-thedaily) to fight efforts to roll back abortion access.
“I was asked to leave for the same reason I was hired: I was changing the direction of Planned Parenthood,” Dr. Wen wrote in an Op-Ed for The Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/opinion/sunday/leana-wen-planned-parenthood.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
ÃßËÑ... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)
Background reading:
As states began to pass ever more restrictive laws on abortion, Planned Parenthood’s leaders felt they needed a more aggressive political leader (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/us/politics/planned-parenthood-wen.html?smid=pc-thedaily) to fight efforts to roll back abortion access.
“I was asked to leave for the same reason I was hired: I was changing the direction of Planned Parenthood,” Dr. Wen wrote in an Op-Ed for The Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/opinion/sunday/leana-wen-planned-parenthood.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
ÃßËÑ... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)