Dr. Regina Benjamin to be tapped for Surgeon General Post
Posted by: onemom on: July 13, 2009
President Obama will announce this morning that he has selected 
Dr. Regina Benjamin for Surgeon General. I will write more about this selection later, but for now, here are some articles about Dr. Benjamin:
- Healing Force
- Bayou Clinic
- my first concern – Dr. Benjamin oversees a staff of six at her clinic in Alabama. The Surgeon General will oversee 6000+ members of the Public Health Corps.
- my first concern – Dr. Benjamin oversees a staff of six at her clinic in Alabama. The Surgeon General will oversee 6000+ members of the Public Health Corps.
- Brief Biography
- MacArthur Foundation Award
- Changing the Face of Medicine
There are already rumors that she is a pro-abort spreading across the internet, but I have not found confirmation one way or the other.
OneMom
7 Responses to "Dr. Regina Benjamin to be tapped for Surgeon General Post"
July 13, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Well, that’s true Wickle. I’m curious about this nomination. OK, she’s spunky and rebuilt her destroyed medical office more than once and put herself into a lot of debt to do so (but she’s also received $11 million in “research” money but I’ve not located any research published by her). Yes, she’s an MD and has her MBA, but I’m not seeing anything in her experience that puts her ahead of countless others to be qualified for the Surgeon General position. I have a lot of questions and the answers are not forthcoming.
July 13, 2009 at 7:00 pm
I live in her area and I’m still in shock and awe. If more doctors were like Dr Benjamin we probably wouldn’t even have a healthcare crisis.
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July 14, 2009 at 7:38 am
I am of the same opinion as Wickle. I doubt very seriously that she is anything other than pro-abortion. President Obama has made his feelings about abortion known too many times for him to be nominating someone to this position that isn’t.
July 14, 2009 at 6:43 pm
The original source of the rumor is from http://www.lifenews.com/nat5208.html, but I cannot find any primary sources to prove that she stated that doctors should be trained in performing abortions. I’ve search in Questia, as well as Google. I contacted the LifeNews editor about this, who simply said, “AP is the primary source. I don’t imagine you will find much online given the old date.” I find this to be a rather vague response. He could have provided a specific date or other relevant information to help me find it on my own.
Benjamin did serve on the Board of Directors for Physicians for Humans Rights, an organization that advocates for international legalization of abortion. However, it is possible that she disagreed with that particular position, while supporting the PHR’s other positions.
I am ardently pro-life, but it is imperative that we keep our facts straight. So far, I don’t believe the rumor can be substantiated.
July 15, 2009 at 1:55 pm
S. Ama, there is no rumor. The White House has already confirmed that Benjamin agrees with Obama in support of abortion.
I gave you the response I did in my emails to you because I get 1000s of them a day and don’t have time to write a dissertation in response to every request for information. We cited Benjamin’s comments in our story and accurate sourced AP. There is nothing false about what we wrote in our article.
But I can tell you this, I will certainly not respond to further private emails from you knowing that you will post the content from them without my knowledge or permission. That’s tacky.
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July 13, 2009 at 3:28 pm
To be honest, I’d be surprised if she wasn’t a pro-abort. I rather doubt that Pres. Obama is taking his tips from the NRLC’s board of directors.
I haven’t found a lot about her yet, either. We’ll see …