using state funds to track the menstrual cycles of women who had accessed the services of the remaining clinic he was determined to close. Doctor Jennifer Villavicencio, a fellow with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, described the practice of state surveillance of clinic patients as, "defies both logic and ethics," calling the intrusion, "skin-crawling," continuing, "From an ethical standpoint, it’s frankly bonkers." New York University Bioethicist Arthur Caplan remarked, comparing Missouri's government to China, "When a government official monitors your reproductive behavior, you are perilously close to replicating totalitarian regimes." Williams criticized House Budget Committee members, including Representative Robert Ross, Jered Taylor, and Scott Fitzpatrick, when Governor Mike Parson vetoed $153,000 that supported staff critical to the state program to expedite treatment to heart attack and stroke victims. Williams indicated the veto was intended to coerce hospitals to pay a $1,000 annual fee. Providers, such as Washington University in St. Louis, Abbott Emergency Services (EMS), and the American Heart Association, objected to the termination of the "Time Critical Diagnosis System". Williams received substantial criticism for the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine program, where Missouri had the lowest rate of vaccinations in the United States. While rural areas had surplus supplies of vaccine, more densely populated urban and suburban areas suffered shortages. His office failed to disclose the results of almost 100,000 positive coronavirus tests. At the end of his tenure, only one-third of Missouri residents had received vaccines, while the nationwide average was 50% higher. Rather than instituting a statewide mask mandate, he left the regulations entirely up to local officials. His management of marijuana licenses also provoked controversy, with allegations of conflicts of interest in the awarding of licenses for the program. His frequent failures to provide legislators with requested information, and his unwillingness to obey the state's open records law resulted in a $138,000 fine being levied in just one case in 2021. Personal life Randall and his wife Elizabeth had three children, sons Watt, a businessman, Steele, a photographer who passed away in 2012, and daughter Timmons, an exercise physiologist. In 2010, at 52 years old, he finished 9,286th, in a time of 3:37:28 at the Boston Marathon. External sources Williams deposition May 18, 2016, re: Hexavalent chromium and Vanadium in drinking water References Living people American physicians Year of birth missing (living people)