Acting FDA leader tries to explain past Planned Parenthood work to abortion opponents | Flipboard
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“court records surfaced listing him as an outside counsel for a Planned Parenthood Florida chapter for at least three years beginning in 2014”
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Two independent sources (Politico and a report via Live Action cited in another news source) confirm that court records list the acting head of the FDA (Kyle Diamantas) as outside counsel for a Planned Parenthood Florida chapter for at least three years starting in 2014.
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— The new acting head of the Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to reassure abortion opponents that he is on their side after court records surfaced listing him as an outside counsel for a Plann…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/15/new-fda-leader-rush…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/15/new-fda-leader-rush…
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— During Diamantas’ tenure at Baker Donelson, he seemingly served as outside counsel for Planned Parenthood in Florida litigation regarding a property use dispute over a medical complex in Kissimmee, Fl…
https://thedailybs.com/2026/05/13/pro-life-influencers-kick-…
https://thedailybs.com/2026/05/13/pro-life-influencers-kick-…
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— Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is resigning from his role Tuesday after 13 months leading the agency, according to an administration official cited by Politico. Kyle Diamantas,…
https://badlandsmedia.tv/fda-commissioner-marty-makary-resig…
https://badlandsmedia.tv/fda-commissioner-marty-makary-resig…
“The U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday to preserve telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone until after the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of …”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists entirely of definitions of the letter 'U' and contains no information regarding the U.S. Supreme Court, mifepristone, or the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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— U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others world…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
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— On calendars, U is most times a short letter for Sunday, for use when S is being used for Saturday. In chemistry, U is the symbol for uranium. Sometimes used as a short form of "you". It is the sevent…
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
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— 'U' is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the English alphabet. Vowels are sounds that are pronounced without any restriction in the vocal tract. It means we can produce it with the…
https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/952/the-letter-u
https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/952/the-letter-u
“Researchers have discovered a naturally occurring compound in garlic that halts mating and egg-laying in insects”
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Multiple sources confirm that diallyl disulfide, a compound in garlic, inhibits mating and egg-laying in mosquitoes and various fly species.
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— The same compound in garlic produced the same effect: when mosquitoes tasted diallyl disulfide, their mating behavior dropped sharply. Why This Research Matters. The study suggests that compounds in g…
https://www.theweather.com/news/trending/from-traditional-wi…
https://www.theweather.com/news/trending/from-traditional-wi…
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— Diallyl disulfide, a compound in garlic, inhibits mating and egg-laying in mosquitoes and various fly species by activating the TrpA1 taste receptor, primarily affecting females. This mechanism does n…
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-pantry-pest-garlic-mood-mosqui…
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-pantry-pest-garlic-mood-mosqui…
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— Allicin, a key active compound in garlic, inhibits the cysteine proteins produced by Giardia lamblia. These enzymes are crucial for the parasite's virulence and its ability to damage host tissues.Expu…
https://www.gsconlinepress.com/journals/gscbps/sites/default…
https://www.gsconlinepress.com/journals/gscbps/sites/default…
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