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Dr. Leana Wen, the first physician to lead Planned Parenthood in decades, was ousted after just eight months on the job. Her departure highlights a central tension over the direction of the group: Is it a political organization first, or a health organization?\xa0Guest: Sarah Kliff, an investigative reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.\xa0\n\nBackground reading:\xa0As states began to pass ever more restrictive laws on abortion, Planned Parenthood\u2019s leaders felt they needed a more aggressive political leader to fight efforts to roll back abortion access.\u201cI was asked to leave for the same reason I was hired: I was changing the direction of Planned Parenthood,\u201d Dr. Wen wrote in an Op-Ed for The Times.