Wendy Sherman - Deputy Secretary of State

Wendy Sherman has been a long-time public servant, having served in several high-level positions in the State Department. Prior to her work in the State Department, she served in the pro-abortion group Emily’s List, working to help it develop its national profile. In recent years, she has been a professor at Harvard University and will now serve as the second-in-command at the Department. Sherman was confirmed on April 16, 2021 by a vote of 56-42.

Views on Abortion:

• Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) raised concerns about her past abortion record and political interference on China and Iran (See link)
• Sherman worked with Emily’s List, an aggressive abortion lobbying organization, to develop its national profile as one of its first directors in the 1990s (See link)
• She has been out an outspoken advocate for abortion, writing op-eds against President Trump’s pro-life policies and tweeting support of abortion overseas (See link and link)
• She has advocated that support of abortion should be a condition of U.S. foreign aid (See link)