Heidi Overton, M.D., Ph.D.,
July 26, 2024
A Harris Presidency Would Be a Disaster for Women and Girls
This article originally appeared in Newsweek on July 25, 2024.
"Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to become the Democratic nominee for president, and, undoubtedly, she will present herself as the candidate who will protect 'women's health.' But Harris' record proves the opposite—she puts women and girls at risk.
In science and medicine, words have specific meanings, and those meanings can, literally, be the difference between life and death. The National Institutes of Health has a policy requiring that sex be considered as a biological variable in research studies because of differences between men and women, such as how they metabolize and react to drugs."
Read full op-ed in Newsweek.