Abstinence education advocate named to Dept of Health and Human Services post

The Trump administration has named a national abstinence education advocate to a post at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Valerie Huber, the president of Ascend, a D.C.-based professional association that advocates for abstinence education, will be the chief of staff to the assistant secretary for health at HHS, according to a staff email obtained by The Hill.

In an email to staff, HHS' acting assistant secretary for health Don Wright said Huber's "wealth of professional experience in the field of public policy will serve her well in this position."

Huber has been the president of Ascend, formerly known as the National Abstinence Education Association, since 2007, according to her LinkedIn profile.
In an article published in Focus on the Family's Citizen magazine, Huber says she prefers the term "sexual risk avoidance" to abstinence education.
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