WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to tap Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is uniting the most unlikely of factions: reproductive rights groups and former Vice President Mike Pence, both of whom oppose his nomination.
“I believe the nomination of RFK Jr. to serve as Secretary of HHS is an abrupt departure from the pro-life record of our administration and should be deeply concerning to millions of Pro-Life Americans who have supported the Republican Party and our nominees for decades,” Pence said in a statement. Pence, who served with Trump for four years but ended his relationship with him after Trump nearly got him killed for protecting the peaceful transition of power to President Joe Biden in 2021, said Kennedy has been an abortion rights supporter for most of his career.
“RFK Jr. has defended abortion on demand during all nine months of pregnancy, supports overturning the Dobbs decision and has called for legislation to codify Roe v Wade,” the former vice president said. “If confirmed, RFK, Jr.
would be the most pro-abortion Republican appointed secretary of HHS in modern history.” “On behalf of tens of millions of pro-life Americans, I respectfully urge Senate Republicans to reject this nomination and give the American people a leader who will respect the sanctity of life as secretary of Health and Human Services,” Pence added. But Kennedy doesn’t have support from reproductive rig.
