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Dr. Leana Wen, Day One: Charting Planned Parenthood’s Course for Protecting Women’s Health

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Leana Wen, newly appointed President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of American. Dr. Wen talks about successful interventions she launched as Baltimore’s Health Commissioner on opioids, maternal mortality and gun violence, planning to take her tough public health approach to addressing challenges to women’s health and reproductive rights in America.                     

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