Melania Trump Unveils Women's Health Initiative 2 Weeks Before Midterms
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 19
Melania Trump Unveils Women's Health Initiative 2 Weeks Before Midterms
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 19
Summary
Melania Trump used a rare Rose Garden appearance Monday to launch a White House women’s health initiative less than two weeks before midterm elections, with polls showing only about one-third of women support President Trump and Republicans.
Trump’s executive order creates a new NIH Division of Women’s Health and a White House task force, but officials did not say whether either effort will receive new funding.
The NIH already has an Office of Research on Women’s Health, created in 1990, and officials said the new division would work with it rather than replace it.
Women’s groups said the order may do little without congressional money, especially after the administration moved last year to cut funding for the long-running Women’s Health Initiative study.