Wokeness in Medicine Hasn’t Been Cured Yet

If America is a patient and wokeness is a disease, then the surface-level prognosis has been looking good for the first few months of 2025. The leading edge of leftist opinion, defined by nothing so much as its insistence on institutional omnipresence, is seemingly in retreat. After Donald Trump’s executive order purging DEI from the federal government, companies are dropping their own programs. So are some universities.

Examine the patient more closely, however, and the sickness is still evident. The medical field provides many examples. Medical school accreditors and hospitals are still pushing DEI. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which often advances left-wing causes disguised as medical advocacy, still receives federal funding. And three years later, Richard T. Bosshardt is still stuck in wokeness’s waiting room.

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Jack Butler

Jack Butler is a former submissions editor at National Review.

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If America is a patient and wokeness is a disease, then the surface-level prognosis has been looking good for the first few months of 2025. The leading edge of leftist opinion, defined by nothing so much as its insistence on institutional omnipresence, is seemingly in retreat. After Donald Trump’s executive order purging DEI from the federal government, companies are dropping their own programs. So are some universities.

Examine the patient more closely, however, and the sickness is still evident. The medical field provides many examples. Medical school accreditors and hospitals are still pushing DEI. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which often advances left-wing causes disguised as medical advocacy, still receives federal funding. And three years later, Richard T. Bosshardt is still stuck in wokeness’s waiting room.