President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary, tapping him to an important post that makes significant health care policies related to abortion and pro-life issues.
“I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS),” Trump staid in a statement. “For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health.”
“The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country,” he added. “Mr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!”
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Kennedy Jr. has been running against Trump for president but endorsed Trump after he suspended his campaign earlier this year. During his campaign, Kennedy ran on a platform of reforming the health care bureaucracy, especially in light of failures associated with COVID.
The big problem pro-life Americans may have with Kennedy is that he supports abortion and repeatedly said he supports no limits on abortion.
Earlier this year, RFK Jr. gave an interview in which he confirmed he supports abortions up to birth.
“Even if it’s full-term,” Kennedy said in response to a follow-up question.
Later, Kennedy clarified that he means that he supports killing babies in abortions up to birth only if they’re disabled. He says he meant that late-term abortions should be reserved for babies with major health problems that affect their viability.
“Cases like this are why I am leery of inserting the government into abortion,” Kennedy wrote. “I had been assuming that virtually all late-term abortions were such cases, but I’ve learned that my assumption was wrong. Sometimes, women abort healthy, viable late-term fetuses. These cases of purely ‘elective’ late-term abortion are very upsetting. Once the baby is viable outside the womb, it should have rights and it deserves society’s protection.”
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The problem is this so-called health exception essentially continues allowing abortions up to birth, even on health babies. First, studies have confirmed that prenatal tests are notoriously wrong and often show false positives that may prompt abortions of health babies. Secondly, thousands of anecdotal stories over the years have confirmed the studies to be true as mothers and couples have rejected doctors’ suggestions to have abortions of supposedly disabled babies only to give birth to babies who are either healthy or have problems that can be corrected with treatment or surgery.
Even taking Kennedy’s comments at face value, he still supports abortion on demand through viability – meaning he’s fine with 90% of the 65 million abortions that have killed babies since Roe.
Although Kennedy may not support late-term aboritons personally, his answer Friday makes it crystal clear that his policial policy would allow late-term abortions with no limits.
During an interview with podcaster Sage Steele, the former ESPN host asked Kennedy what the limit should be for women to have an abortion. “Should there be a limit or are you saying all the way up to full-term, a woman has a right to have an abortion?” she said.
Kennedy answered that he doesn’t think anyone would want to do that at eight months of pregnancy, but abortion should be out of the hands of the government and in the hands of women.
Steele continued to push Kennedy, asking if he agrees with the Roe v. Wade standard or with abortion being left up to the states, and Kennedy reiterated that the decision should not lie with the states but with the mother.
“Even if it’s full-term,” Kennedy said in response to a follow-up question. “I don’t think it’s ever okay,” he added. When Steele says that would allow late-term abortions, Kennedy said, “I think we have to leave it to the women rather than the state.”
Kennedy and his campaign clarified last year that he supports abortions up to birth without limits.
