OBGYN here — this is outrageous and extremely alarming.
Trump wants to give power over access to birth control to someone who refuses to acknowledge that birth control isn't the same thing as abortion.
This is completely disqualifying and the Senate must reject her nomination.
MURRAY: Last year the Trump administration falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient?
OVERTON: I commit to working with you on the food safety pillars
MURRAY: Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient?
OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed
MURRAY: ... Well, I don't think you answered the question. I think the prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is outrageous and should be deeply alarming to all Americans
OVERTON: 😊