Samuel Bagenstos - Nominee to be General Counsel at HHS

Samuel Bagenstos currently serves as general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget. His focus is in constitutional and civil rights litigation and was principal deputy assistant attorney general under President Obama. He is an active appellate and U.S. Supreme Court litigator in civil rights and federalism cases.

Views on Abortion:

• Bagenstos wrote an article defending laws that allow abortion on the disabled, stating, “Justice Thomas is thus correct to be concerned about selective abortion, but he is wrong to support a ban as a remedy. A ban will broadly harm women’s autonomy, without changing the context that devalues people with disabilities and encourages discrimination in a variety of settings.”
• He was endorsed by Planned Parenthood for the Michigan Supreme Court. (See link)