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NEWS: Leana Wen is out as Planned Parenthood President, reportedly pushed out by the board due to "the group felt it needed a more aggressive political leader to fight the efforts to roll back access to abortions." This is what we reported repeatedly: buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
NYT broke the story: nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/…
UPDATE: Two sources told us that Wen also refused to use “trans-inclusive” language, for example saying “people” instead of “women,” telling staff that she believed talking about transgender issues would “isolate people in the Midwest.” buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
Wen sometimes went through PP's press releases and docs, deleting the word “sexual” from the phrase “sexual and reproductive health,” the source said. She also resisted using “abortion” as a stand-alone, preferring “abortion care” or other phrases entirely buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
