After Trump’s Medicare Pick makes transgender, Holy goes “yes” in Oz, abortion promise
First on FOX: Senator Josh Hawley, R-MO.votes to confirm Dr. Mehmet Oz, a candidate for President Donald Trump’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), after securing his commitment from him on transgender treatment for minors and abortions.
“Based on this, I will vote to confirm him. I feel comfortable vote for him as he moved in with the president because I am sure he has left his previous position,” he told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview Monday.
The senator revealed that Oz responded to him Enquiries and a series of posts on X denying his past stance on transgender treatments in minors and abortion.
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Josh Hawley was concerned about where Dr. Oz stood about abortion and transgender treatment for minors. (Reuters)
“Dr. Oz answered my question: past support for trans treatment for minors and his critique of his life. Oz now denys his previous support for trans surgery and drugs for minor children. He pledges “chemical and surgical amputations of children.”
“He also goes back past his criticism of the state’s pro-life laws, supporting the DOBBS decision and says he is “explicitly pro-life.” He vows to work to implement conscience protection, end abuse (emergency and labor law) and to end funding for abortion providers,” he continued.
“This was a really big change in position for him,” he explained, adding that he was “pleased” to Oz’s response.
“When it comes to issues of (transgender) and life, they are unnegotiable for me, as I think they are for the president,” explained the Missouri Republican. “I want to know that these people are 100% clear.”
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Oz will soon face all Senate votes. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
“All members of the Trump administration work from the same playbook as President Trump’s Playbook, restoring common sense policies and struggling with left-wing ideological nonsense to our government,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital in a statement. “We look forward to a quick confirmation of Dr. Oz, and we look forward to being able to join the rest of the HHS All-Star team.
At the beginning of the month, Holy sent Oz a list of questions, specifically investigating him on these issues. As of last week, Holy said the candidate hadn’t responded, but the senator called it “strange.”
Oz previously used his television program as a platform for those who supported and promoted transgender treatment, especially for minors. Specifically, he Hosted two transgender people In 2010, the kids on the show said, “Transgender Kids: Are You Too Young Too Young to Decide?”
He also expressed concern about state law. 2019 Interview On the popular radio show “The Breakfast Club.”
It’s “a challenge for everyone,” he said at the time.
And, on a “personal level,” Oz didn’t like abortion, but he also believed that he shouldn’t “stomp other people’s.”
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Oz also opposed government jurisdiction over abortion subject when he ran for the Pennsylvania Senate in 2022 as a Republican.
“The federal government doesn’t want to get involved in it,” he argued in a discussion with Sen. John Fetterman, D-PA. “I can move forward with the best ideas forward to a democracy that wants women, doctors, local political leaders and allows our nation to thrive forever, and the nation can decide for itself.”
Holy’s commitment from Oz is the latest he received from Trump candidates who consider them for confirmation. He previously received assurances on the same issue from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now Director General of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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McCurry was recently confirmed. (Getty Images)
When he became the current supervision of Dr. Marty McCurry of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Holy led a successful campaign to secure the resignation of the top FDA lawyer who previously supported abortion pill access. Famous Case While in former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ).
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“I’m just looking at my role for those who have to vote, and I want to know that these people are in line with the president,” Holy said he believes Trump has moved “really fast (and) really strong” on the issue.