Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on a mission to win over skeptical anti-abortion groups and their allies on Capitol Hill.
It could make or break whether the soon-to-be GOP-controlled Senate confirms him to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary.
Abortion opponents — concerned about Kennedy’s past comments supporting abortion access — have two major asks: that he appoint an anti-abortion stalwart to a senior position in HHS and that he promise privately to them and publicly during his confirmation hearing to restore anti-abortion policies from the first Trump administration, according to four anti-abortion advocates granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.
And Kennedy, according to a fifth person close to the Trump transition, is open to their entreaties.
“We eagerly anticipate the day when the abortion pill is recognized for the evil it is and prohibited, and we encourage the President-elect to, at a minimum, swiftly reverse these changes made by the Biden administration.”
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
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