Mike Pence’s organization, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), has launched a full-scale assault on Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
AAF’s latest stunt involves circulating a letter to senators, questioning Kennedy’s pro-life credentials.
The letter, signed by AAF President Tim Chapman and Chairman Marc Short, attacks Kennedy for his past statements on abortion and demands rigid commitments to conservative pro-life policies.
While Kennedy has openly admitted to evolving on the issue and promised to reinstate Trump’s pro-life policies at HHS, Pence’s organization remains obstinate.
The letter reads:
“We are grateful for your work to quickly confirm President Trump’s cabinet nominees. However, we are deeply concerned with the nomination of Robert F. Kenndy Jr. to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
As a presidential candidate, RFK Jr. expressed support for abortion on-demand up until birth, a position completely out of step with the strong, pro-life record of the first Trump Administration.
While RFK Jr. has made certain overtures to pro-life leaders that he would be mindful of their concerns at HHS, there is little reason for confidence at this time.
There are hundreds of decisions made every day at HHS that either lead our nation toward a respect for life or away from it—decisions about federal funding for Planned Parenthood, regulations on the abortion pill (currently accounting for three out of every five abortions), insurance coverage of abortion, and more.
Whatever the merits of RFK Jr’s Make America Healthy Again initiative—indeed, whatever other qualities a nominee might possess—an HHS Secretary must have a firm commitment to protect unborn children, or else bend under the pressure and pushback surrounding these daily, critical decisions.
We strongly encourage you to reject the nomination of any pro-abortion nominees to serve at HHS. RFK Jr., as well as any other nominated HHS Secretary, must be able to provide satisfactory answers to the list of important pro-life questions attached to this letter.
The pro-life movement has a strong bench of courageous pro-life leaders who are willing to serve the American people as the head of HHS.”
There are hundreds of decisions made every day at HHS that either lead our nation toward a respect for life or away from it.
We strongly encourage Senators to reject the nomination of any pro-abortion nominees to serve at HHS. Read our full letter
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— Advancing American Freedom (@AmericanFreedom) January 15, 2025
The letter from AAF even goes as far as to pose a series of stringent questions for Kennedy, questioning his stance and commitments on various pro-life policies:
1. When do you believe that life should be protected?
a.Is there a certain gestational age or level of development (such as when the heart begins to beat, or the child develops the ability to feel pain) at which point you believe that unborn children deserve the protection of the federal government?
b.Conversely, are there any extenuating circumstances in which you believe that unborn children should not be protected?2. The abortion pill is connected to dozens of deaths across the country. Will you commit to reinstating all of the historic safeguards on chemical abortions put in place more than twenty years ago by President Bill Clinton, including reporting on all adverse events connected to the abortion pill?
a.Will you commit to providing pro-life groups, who are suing HHS over failure to provide documents under the Freedom of Information Act, with the requested mifepristone documents?3. Will you commit to taking every step possible to stop the flow of taxpayer funding via Title X, Medicaid reimbursements, and other grants and contracts to organizations that either perform or refer for abortions, or are co-located with organizations that do?
4. The Biden Administration eliminated the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within HHS’ Office for Civil Rights. Will you protect the conscience rights of Americans who are forced by their employers to perform abortions against their will?
5. Not all states share their abortion data with the federal government, giving HHS an incomplete picture of the demographics of women obtaining abortions, the gestational age at which abortions are performed, the types of procedures used, and adverse events connected to them. Do you believe that more states should collect and report their abortion data? What steps, if any, will you take to increase abortion data reporting?
Natalie Winters, investigative reporter and co-host of Steve Bannon’s War Room, blasted Mike Pence for attacking RFK Jr.
“Mike Pence helped “elect” the most radical, pro-abortion President in American history. Spare me,” she wrote.
Mike Pence helped “elect” the most radical, pro-abortion President in American history.
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— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) January 15, 2025
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