Foreign Policy Examines Latest White House Appointment At USAID

Foreign Policy: White House Installs Anti-Abortion Loyalist at USAID
“The Trump White House has added another political loyalist and anti-abortion advocate to its roster of political hires at America’s premier international development agency, expanding the role and influence of the religious right in shaping U.S. priorities on global health and development, U.S. officials told Foreign Policy. Patrina Mosley, who has been named adviser to the director of the Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is an outspoken anti-abortion advocate who recently accused the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) of using the coronavirus pandemic to promote abortions — a claim the U.N. calls patently false…” (Lynch/Gramer, 7/14).

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