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Charmaine Yoest

Charmaine began her career in The White House during the Reagan Administration and served as a Senior Advisor to the 2008 Huckabee for President Campaign. She is also the co-author of Mother in the Middle, an examination of childcare policy, published by HarperCollins. Formerly, Charmaine served as President & CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL).  She also served as the Project Director of the Family, Gender and Tenure Project at the University of Virginia, a nationwide study funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She was also a recipient of Mellon, Olin, Bradley, and Kohler Fellowships. Charmaine has a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Virginia. She and her husband, Jack, live with their five children in the Washington, DC area.

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Charmaine Yoest

Dignity and destiny: Women and abortion in the 21st century

In early 2016, the ERLC partnered with Focus on the Family to host Evangelicals...

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The future of the pro-life movement

At the 2016 Evangelicals for Life conference, Dr. Russell Moore moderated a panel discussing...

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Dignity and Destiny: Women and Abortion in the 21st Century

Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, encourages the church to hold out...

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The Future of the Pro-Life Movement

Kelly Rosati, Russell Moore, Jim Daly, Charmaine Yoest, and Samuel Rodriguez give insight into...

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