The President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, the nation's oldest abortion rights organization, will step down in January, the group said today.
, Nancy Keenan said she would focus her last eight months "on helping pro-choice candidates win elections."
But perhaps most interesting is what , who broke the news.
Keenan said that she's worried about the "intensity gap" in the younger, pro-choice generation. Basically, she said, they may not view abortion as a "crucial political issue," and they need younger leaders to correct that. Keenan said she wants to step down before she exacerbates the problem.
"There's an opportunity for a new and younger leader," Keenan told the Post. "Roe v. Wade is 40 in January. It's time for a new leader to come in and, basically, be the person for for the next 40 years of protecting reproductive choice."
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