Wed Aug 23, 2023 – 5:07 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The Biden administration’s new director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) is “so disappointed” that some states now legally protect preborn life, according to a new interview.
Dr. Mandy Cohen, former executive at healthcare company Aledade and secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, took over leadership of the CDC from controversial predecessor Dr. Rochelle Walensky. On Monday, she spoke with Time magazine on a range of health-related issues, including abortion.
“I’m so disappointed that we are here, that we are having the conversation to revisit whether or not women should have access to health care when they need it,” Cohen said. “And, you know, I will say as a mom of two daughters, a physician, and now the director of the CDC, I’m going to continue to make sure that we are working to make sure women have access to care when they need it, and that they have medical treatment when they need it.”
Cohen declared that the CDC would “support however we can the work that’s being done across the government to support women in
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