{
  "id": 1973955,
  "title": "Trump nominates abortion opponent Heidi Overton to be head of FDA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/trump-nominates-abortion-opponent-heidi-overton-to-be-head-of-fda",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T16:31:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/heidi-overton-fda-commissioner-nomination"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Overton has said that Congress should strictly regulate abortion drug mifepristone ‘to protect women and children’ Donald Trump nominated Dr Heidi Overton – an abortion opponent who stood next to the president as he made false claims about vaccines – to be commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “Today I am honored to nominate the wonderful Dr. Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, as our…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Trump nominates abortion opponent Heidi Overton to be head of FDA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/trump-nominates-abortion-opponent-heidi-overton-to-be-head-of-fda-1975319",
        "published": "2026-08-19T16:31:59.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}