White House pulls nomination of pro-life doc to lead CDC

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White House Pulls Nomination of Pro-Life Doctor Dave Weldon to Head CDC
National | Steven Ertelt | Mar 13, 2025 | 9:52AM | Washington, DC

The White House is withdrawing President Donald Trump’s nomination of pro-life Republican former congressman Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Weldon was slated to have a Senate hearing today but Trump officials say Weldon does not have the votes to make it out of the committee.

Weldon had been scheduled to appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday for a confirmation hearing.

While in Congress, Weldon challenged studies demonstrating the safety of childhood vaccines, asserting they were harmful and linked with autism, and news reports suggest that is the reason for opposition to his nomination.

Trump could not have made a more solid pro-life selection for someone to head the CDC as far as the pro-life perspective is concerned and his nomination was hailed by pro-life groups at the time.

Not only would Dr. Weldon have strongly advocated for the conscience rights of pro-life medical professionals to not participate in abortions, he would make it abundantly clear as CDC Director that abortion bans do not prohibit legitimate medical care for women.

In making the nomination, the president-elect said at the time, “I am thrilled to announce that former Congressman, Dr. Dave Weldon, is nominated to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition to being a Medical Doctor for 40 years, and an Army Veteran, Dave has been a respected conservative leader on fiscal and social issues, and served on the Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, working for Accountability on HHS and CDC Policy and Budgeting.”

“Dave also served in a leading role in Government Oversight and Reform Committee Hearings, addressing issues within HHS and CDC. Dave has successfully worked with the CDC to enact a ban on patents for human embryos,” Trump continued.

“Americans have lost trust in the CDC and in our Federal Health Authorities, who have engaged in censorship, data manipulation, and misinformation. Given the current Chronic Health Crisis in our Country, the CDC must step up and correct past errors to focus on the Prevention of Disease,” Trump said in a statement to LifeNews.com.