Chris Christie teamed up with leading anti-abortion activist Marjorie Dannenfelser
months before the Supreme Court overturned Law vs Wadea prominent anti-abortion leader Marjorie Dannenfelser We have started a meeting with the Republican governor to discuss how the aftermath of the court’s decision will play out.
She was attended to many of these meetings by unlikely allies. Former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.
Christie has been twice elected as a Republican in one of the nation’s most liberal states, and her 2016 presidential campaign focused on winning moderate Republican voters in states such as New Hampshire. Expanded.
But he’s also been against abortion for decades, and is leaning toward the anti-abortion stance as he considers running for the White House again in 2024. His work with major anti-abortion groups could help Christie score points with social conservatives who play a key role in the Republican primary. Christie called Dannenfelser during an interview did Axios‘ Alaina Treen It’s late June, but the extent of their collaboration has not been reported so far.
- “He was a great communicator and had a great spirit from this political point of view in his conversations with governors across the country. — but especially with governors who are in purple-type states.” Susan B. Anthony ProLife Americatold Early 202.
Abortion politics have since become harder than many Republicans expected egg overturned. There are now intra-party fights across the country over how far access to abortion should be restricted, split over whether to include exceptions for rape and incest, and extending into public spheres.
Once Governor, Always Governor
Christie and Dannenfelser have known each other for at least ten years.They decided to team up after talking at Republican Governors Association According to Christie, they met last summer.
The pair spoke with at least eight Republican governors across the country in the months before the court ruled egg Help states defend abortion laws already enacted, answer questions, and prepare to debate the implications of a ruling that could overturn the constitutional right to abortion enacted nearly half a century ago. increase. Dannenfelser has spoken to more people herself, bringing the total to at least 22 people. Christie said in an interview last month that she had not spoken to the governor about abortion recently, but she did not rule out rejoining such discussions.
Christie said he is considering another presidential campaign and plans to make a decision later this year or early next year.But the meeting with the governor has nothing to do with his political future. said.
- “Whether I ran for president or not, I was helping my fellow governors.” Christie added that he continues to raise money and campaign for a Republican governor even after his resignation.
Still, some of Christie’s critics see his efforts motivated by interest in rerunning.
“I see him doing whatever he can to maintain some kind of national presence. Bonnie Watson Coleman (DN.J.) said in an interview that he clashed with Christie over planned parental funding when Christie was governor. Because he thinks he’s the president.”
Christie hasn’t always been against abortion.
Around 1995, he said, his position changed after hearing the second child’s heartbeat at his wife’s early pregnancy prenatal check-up.When he ran for governor, he sidestepped advice to accept abortion rights as a former Republican governor. Thomas Keane Sr. When Christine Todd Whitman I had
- “We had a lot of pro-life Republicans running for the U.S. Senate and losing, so we had the idea that we couldn’t win without pro-choice. Mike Duheim, ran Christie’s 2009 campaign. “He was basically saying, ‘Well, we’ll find out.'”
his veto $7.5 million State funding for Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics earned him his accolades as governor. right to life in new jersey and backlash from abortion providers.
Republicans in Many States Christie and Danenfelser Talked to Governors Restrict Abortion, and Laws Already in the Book Take Effect Once egg overturned.
The pair have spoken with the government. Greg Jeanforte (Moon), Spencer Cox (Utah), Mark Gordon (Wyoming), Mike Parson (Moon), Doug Ducey (Arizona), Christy L. Nome (SD), brad little (Idaho) and Eric Holcomb According to (Ind.) SBA Prolife America.
Christie maintains that he and Dannenfelser did not advocate any specific pregnancy restrictions for the operation.Dannenfelser has repeatedly said he supports the state. “As ambitious as they can be.”
- Some of Christie’s conversations with Dannenfelser’s governor include a discussion of what the state can do to help women who may have had abortions before Republicans outlaw the procedure. “How do you address the needs of the women in your state and help them get out of the hole they’re in so they don’t go back there again?” As Dannenfelser said in an interview, Dobbs decision.
But many state legislatures have adjourned since the ruling was overturned eggThat means that since the Supreme Court’s ruling, we have not passed new laws that increase state support for women and children. And given that policies like paid family leave can strain states, it can be a tough sell. Noem recently asked the South Dakota Legislature to create a paid family leave policy. According to her office, her conversation with Dannenfelser partially led Noem to refocus on paid family leave.
In Utah, Christie and Dannenfelser “encouraged the governor to focus on helping vulnerable women and children,” according to Cox’s office. family office, He said this could involve new policy initiatives, but details were not yet available.
Today’s on-tap: Sen. Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) will present a new version of his “pain-ready” bill at a noon press conference. Abortion prevention leaders such as Dannenfelser will attend. The bill is expected to impose his 15-week limit on federal abortions, but Graham’s staff were not reached for comment by his The Health 202. An earlier version of the bill would have banned abortions at 20 weeks.
FDA Will Weigh Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptives This November
of Food and Drug Administration Scheduled a joint meeting of external advisors for review PerigotDaily contraceptive application for over-the-counter use.
detail: A joint meeting will be held on November 18 with the FDA’s Non-Prescription Drugs Advisory Committee and Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urology Drugs Advisory Committee. If approved, Perrigo’s Opill will be the first daily contraceptive to be marketed in the United States.
The meeting takes place approximately four months after the company’s affiliates. HRA Pharma An application was filed for a prescription-to-over-the-counter switch to Opill, a progestin-only tablet that has been used by prescription since its approval in 1973.
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To recharge efforts, Biden promotes ‘cancer moonshot’ in Boston
of President Biden The Cancer Moonshot initiative has been plagued with a series of setbacks and struggles in its first few months. But experts are optimistic that renewed action by the administration may have been enough to shift the trajectory of efforts for the better. Cleve R. Utson Jr., Laurie McGinley When Matt Visor report.
Researchers hope that Biden’s speech about the initiative in Boston yesterday will reenergize the effort and convince Americans that the goal of eradicating cancer is achievable.
Main context: According to several cancer advocates and experts familiar with the situation, the Moonshot Initiative, which will halve the number of deaths from the disease in the country over the next 25 years, will put staff, resources, and government health agencies in key positions. Hampered by the lack of some people.
But now the administration has recruited candidates to fill vacancies in senior federal positions that are central to the initiative’s goals. National Cancer Institute and Biden’s new high-stakes investigative agency ARPA-H — igniting hope that the Moonshot effort will accelerate.Experts say that, coupled with other legislative victories such as Annual cap of $2,000 Out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients — showing that the goal of striving may one day be within reach.
Still, some experts have urged governments to take a broader view of moonshotswhich involves finding ways to help cancer patients based on what is already known about cancer, in addition to pursuing technological advances.
For more information on the initiative, see Biden’s remarks on the 60th anniversary yesterday. President John F. Kennedy Famous “moonshot” speeches:
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