Atul Gawande - Nominee to be Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Public Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Atul Gawande is a practicing endocrine surgeon and a professor at Harvard Medical School. He is the founder and chair of Ariadne Labs, Lifebox, and CIC Health and served as a member of the Biden transition COVID-19 advisory board.

Views on Abortion:

• In 1998, Gawande wrote an article defending partial-birth abortion. (See link)
• In it, he states that “Grossness is not a good objection” and that “whether the fetus is in the womb or out, big or small, does not matter, either.” (See link)
• He has opposed state-level pro-life laws that protect women and their unborn children. (See link)

Views on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity:

• Ariadne Labs, an organization founded by Gawande, erases womanhood by stating they “use the phrase ‘women and birthing people’ to be inclusive and affirming across gender identities as well as people who give birth and choose not to parent.” (See link)