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Planned Parenthood Ousted President Leana Wen, Amid A Dispute Over The Organization's Direction
Wen had worked to emphasize the group’s status as a health care provider, leading to concerns among some staff that the PPFA was moving away from politics. buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/lea…
Wen had worked to emphasize the group’s status as a health care provider, leading to concerns among some staff that the PPFA was moving away from politics. buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/lea…
As senior political staffers began to depart the organization early this year, Planned Parenthood employees, board members, and supporters were quick to express concern that Wen planned to emphasize the group’s status as a health care provider.
Two sources say that Wen also refused to use “trans-inclusive” language, for example saying “people” instead of “women” and telling staff that she believed talking about transgender issues would “isolate people in the Midwest.”
For a period of a few months, Wen sometimes went through Planned Parenthood’s press releases and documents, deleting the word “sexual” from the phrase “sexual and reproductive health,” the source said.
She also resisted using the word “abortion” as a stand-alone term, preferring “abortion care” or other phrases entirely.
