President Donald Trump announced on 19 August 2026 that he is nominating Dr. Heidi Overton, a deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy, to be the next commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. Overton is an opponent of abortion rights and a supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again agenda. She has said Congress should strictly regulate the abortion drug mifepristone.
NYTimes – Business Overton has said that Congress should strictly regulate abortion drug mifepristone ‘to protect women and children’ Donald Trump nominated Dr Heidi Overton – an abortion opponent who stood next to the president as he made false claims about vaccines – to be commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “Today I am honored to nominate the wonderful Dr. Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, as our next FDA Commissioner.…
President Trump has nominated Dr. Heidi Overton, a deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy and opponent of abortion rights, to lead the Food and Drug Administration; some senators have already said they will not confirm her, calling her unqualified and too conservative.
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Senators emerged in opposition to Heidi Overton's FDA nomination, saying they will not confirm her as unqualified and too conservative, creating uncertainty about Senate confirmation.
NYTimes – Business Overton has said that Congress should strictly regulate abortion drug mifepristone ‘to protect women and children’ Donald Trump nominated Dr Heidi Overton – an abortion opponent who stood next to the president as he made false claims about vaccines – to be commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “Today I am honored to nominate the wonderful Dr. Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, as our next FDA Commissioner.…
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