
Hawley officially a yes on Dr. Oz after securing commitments on transgender, abortion issues
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Sen. Josh Hawley said he was delighted that CMS nominee Dr. Oz responded to his inquiry and walked back previous promotion of transgender and abortion isses.
The senator revealed that Oz responded to his inquiries and disavowed his past stances on transgender treatments for minors and abortion in a series of posts on X earlier in the day. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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"Dr. Oz has responded to my questions re: past support for trans treatments for minors & his criticism of right to life. Oz now disavows his previous support for trans surgeries & drugs for minor children. He pledges to ‘end chemical and surgical mutilation of children,’" Hawley wrote on X on Monday.