Conservative detractors of President Donald Trump’s nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the role of Health and Human Services Secretary point to Kennedy’s past stances and statements about abortion. Stances and statements that he has modulated in recent days. Here is what Kennedy said on the matter in July 2024, two months before suspending his presidential campaign.
Abortion has been a notoriously divisive issue in America, but actually I see an emerging consensus: that abortion should be legal up until a certain number of weeks, and restricted thereafter. Even in the reddest of red states, voters reject total abortion bans. And in blue… pic.twitter.com/lZKzXvxHXp
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) June 14, 2024
Abortion has been a notoriously divisive issue in America, but actually I see an emerging consensus: that abortion should be legal up until…