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Pro-choice trade group hires from pro-life office

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 9, 2021

A pro-choice medical trade group has hired from the office of a consistently pro-life congressman.

Drew Hatter is now a federal-affairs strategist for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG routinely lobbies on abortion, according to disclosures, and considers the procedure "an essential component of women's health care." If Hatter registers as an ACOG lobbyist, he would be the trade group's only current lobbyist with a GOP work background.

An unrelated organization, the American College of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, does not disclose any federal lobbying activity.

Hatter comes from the office of Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) and was a legislative assisant handling health care, among other issues. NARAL Pro-Choice America has for several years given Stivers a score of 0 percent for his consistently pro-life voting record.