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Press Release
Reproductive Freedom for All: Mehmet Oz’s Confirmation Is ‘Dangerous’
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 3, 2025
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Reproductive Freedom for All: Mehmet Oz’s Confirmation Is ‘Dangerous’
Washington, DC — Today, celebrity personality Mehmet Oz was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a 53/45 vote as Trump’s Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). His extreme anti-abortion ideology could lead to further restrictions on abortion and contraception. Oz has a record of hostility towards abortion, praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying during his failed run for U.S. Senate that he “looked forward to supporting” anti-abortion policy and that abortion care should be between “a woman, her doctors, and her local political leaders.” He believes in “personhood” ideology and has also said that he believes abortion is “murder.”
Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement:
“Dr. Oz’s confirmation is another huge step forward in the Trump Administration’s dangerous and deadly plan to slash Medicaid funding for families that are already struggling to make ends meet. We fully expect Dr. Oz to make lifesaving health care harder to access and endanger the lives of more than 160 million Americans. When that happens, we will make sure voters know that Senate Republicans and Donald Trump are to blame.”
CMS is one of the largest federal agencies that administers vital health care programs for more than 160 million Americans. The administrator is key in determining whether state Medicaid programs include and expand coverage for family planning services for people with no or low incomes who would otherwise not have coverage. They also handle emergency abortion care complaints and conduct investigations relating to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
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For over 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.