by Mary Margaret Olohan
Planned Parenthood removed Leana Wen from her position Tuesday after she had served less than a year as president.
The Planned Parenthood board voted Wen out of her position Tuesday and temporarily replaced her with the co-founder of the progressive Perception Institute, Alexis McGill Johnson, according to the New York Times.
McGill will temporarily serve as the acting president and chief executive of both Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
“I’m proud to serve as Acting President to facilitate a smooth leadership transition in this critical moment for Planned Parenthood and the patients and communities we serve. I thank Dr. Wen for her service and her commitment to patients,’’ McGill Johnson said in a tweet.
“I thank Dr. Wen for her service and her commitment to patients.”
Wen became president of Planned Parenthood of America in September, the Times reports.
Since then, she has advocated for unrestricted access to abortion and fought back against many states’ restrictive abortion legislation.
“I just learned that the @PPFA Board ended my employment at a secret meeting,” Wen tweeted Tuesday. “We were engaged in good faith negotiations about my departure based on philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood. My statement to come shortly.”
I just learned that the @PPFA Board ended my employment at a secret meeting. We were engaged in good faith negotiations about my departure based on philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood. My statement to come shortly.
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) July 16, 2019
Wen explained in a following tweet that Planned Parenthood removed her due to “philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood.”
My statement stepping down as President/CEO of @PPFA and President of @PPAct. pic.twitter.com/WJ3EBgJIAy
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) July 16, 2019
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Mary Margaret Olohan is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Photo “Leana Wen” by Leana Wen. Background Photo “Planned Parenthood Protest” by Charles Edward Miller. CC BY-SA 2.0.
