May Mailman

  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Policy Strategist
    • White House (Executive Office of the President of the United States)
  • As Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Policy Strategist, Mailman helps direct and manage policy development, while serving as an advisor to the President on a range of policy issues. This can include policies impacting abortion, maternal health, in vitro fertilization (IVF), and other areas of reproductive health care.

    Update: May Mailman left her role at the White House on August 1, 2025.
Top red flags

Top red flags

  • Advocated against Ohio’s ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive freedom in the state’s constitution.
  • Defended Project 2025 and worked for an organization that served on Project 2025’s advisory board.
  • Claimed that the Supreme Court gave women “more rights” when it overturned Roe v. Wade.
Statements

Statements

Publications

Publications

  • Mailman authored “Proponents Of Ohio’s Abortion Amendment Don’t Want You To Know How Barbaric It Is,” in which she spread misinformation about abortion and claimed that Ohio’s reproductive freedom amendment would “exacerbate suffering.”
  • Mailman wrote an Op-Ed published by Fox News titled “The good, the bad, and the head-scratching in the SCOTUS transgender case” in which she used stigmatizing language about gender-affirming care while analyzing oral arguments in the U.S. v. Skrmetti case.
Extremist connections

Extremist connections

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