Charmaine Yoest
Charmaine Yoest | |
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Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Affairs | |
In office May 14, 2017 – February 28, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Succeeded by | Judy Stecker |
Personal details | |
Born | Charmaine Crouse 1964 (age 59–60) |
Spouse | Jack Yoest |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | University of Virginia |
Charmaine Yoest (née Crouse, born 1964) is an American writer and political commentator.[1] She was formerly the president and CEO of the Americans United for Life, an anti-abortion group. On April 28, 2017, it was announced that Yoest has been selected by President Donald Trump to serve in the United States Department of Health and Human Services, as the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Affairs.[2]
Early life
Yoest was born to Gilbert L. Crouse, Sr., a government economist, and Janice Shaw Crouse, a speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush and policy analyst at the conservative Christian activist group Concerned Women for America.[3] Yoest attended Taylor University in 1982 and 1983, during which time her mother was Taylor's Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. She then transferred to, and graduated from, Wheaton College, earning a bachelor's degree in politics in 1986.[4]
Career and activism
After graduating college, Yoest went to work in
Yoest earned a Ph.D. in politics at
In 2008, she was a senior adviser to
Yoest was president and CEO of Americans United for Life for several years.[15][16] In 2016, she joined Gary Bauer's group American Values as a senior fellow.[17]
Position on abortion and birth control
A 2011 profile in The Christian Science Monitor said Yoest "is not shrill, rigid, or somehow provincial in values or experience. She is not a fire-and-brimstone finger wagger, though faith is a centerpiece of her life."[15] A 2012 profile in The Washington Post discussed Yoest's role in the initial decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to stop giving funds to Planned Parenthood.[16]
A 2012 profile in
References
- ^ Fournier, Deacon Keith (October 31, 2008). SPECIAL: Interview with AUL Action's Charmaine Yoest on 'Open Letter to Barack Obama.' Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Catholic Online
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration". April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ISBN 9781412846073
- ^ Kiem, Elizabeth (May 14, 2004). No ‘cookie-cutter’ solutions: Family expert Charmaine Yoest says creativity, flexibility are keys to resolving work/family issues. Archived January 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Inside UVA
- ^ Hays, Charlotte (October 5, 2011). Behind the Pro-Life Victories of 2011. National Catholic Register
- ISBN 0310206928
- ^ Yoest, Charmaine Crouse (2004). Empowering Shakespeare's Sister: The Politics of Parental Leave. University of Virginia
- ^ a b c d Bazelon, Emily (November 2, 2012). "Charmaine Yoest's Cheerful War on Abortion". The New York Times.
- ^ Kohler Fellowships Archived November 9, 2010, at archive.today, The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society, profam.org
- ^ FRC In The News, frc.org
- ^ Staff report (June 25, 2010). Kagan hearings witness list released. The Washington Post
- ^ Harned, Mary (June 30, 2010). Kagan testimony raises discrepancy on efforts to lobby medical groups on partial-birth abortion. Archived July 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Human Events
- ^ Foster, Daniel (July 1, 2010). AUL Calls for Investigation of Kagan’s Abortion Testimony. National Review
- ^ "The Congressional Award: Board of Directors". Archived from the original on August 2, 2012.
- ^ a b Skalka, Jennifer (August 13, 2011). Abortion opponents have a new voice. The Christian Science Monitor
- ^ a b Klein, Ezra (February 2, 2012). Meet the woman who got Komen to defund Planned Parenthood. The Washington Post
- ^ Gary Bauer announces Charmaine Yoest as the new American Values Senior Fellow, Defending Conservative Ideals in Historic Election Cycle (press release), American Values (July 8, 2016).
- ^ a b R. Alta Charo,Alternative Science and Human Reproduction NEJM, June 14, 2017, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1707107