Tag: Teresa Manning

Antiabortion activist abruptly steps down as head of HHS’s family planning division

The following article by Juliet Eilperin and Paige Winfield Cunningham was posted on the Washington Post website January 13, 2018:

The Department of Health and Human Services in Washington. Credit: Alex Brandon/AP

This post has been updated.

Teresa Manning — an antiabortion activist in charge of the Health and Human Services Department’s family planning programs — resigned her post Friday, according to a department spokeswoman.

Manning, who served as deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Population Affairs, has spent much of her career fighting abortion and has publicly questioned the efficacy of several popular contraception methods. Her job included overseeing the Title X program, which provides family-planning funding for about 4 million poor Americans or those without health insurance. Continue reading “Antiabortion activist abruptly steps down as head of HHS’s family planning division”

Trump picks antiabortion activist to head HHS family planning section

The following article by Juliet Eilperin was posted on the Washington Post website May 2, 2017:

Credit: Flickr/Steve Rhodes

President Trump is placing antiabortion activist Teresa Manning in charge of the Title X program, which provides family planning funding for poor Americans or those without health insurance.

Manning’s selection as the Department of Health and Human Services’ deputy assistant secretary for population affairs, which HHS officially confirmed Tuesday, marks the second agency appointment within a week that has pleased abortion foes and angered abortion rights proponents. On Friday, the White House announced that Trump had picked Charmaine Yoest, former president of Americans United for Life, as the department’s assistant secretary of public affairs. Continue reading “Trump picks antiabortion activist to head HHS family planning section”