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Kennedy Jr. "go wild" on health, food and medicine as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. He now faces two separate confirmation grillings over his controversial views -- on everything from vaccines to abortion -- that have both Republicans and Democrats raising concerns.
Senators pressed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his past vaccine and abortion remarks in the first of two days of hearings before senators vote on whether to confirm him as President Trump’s health secretary.
The longtime liberal faces deep skepticism over his public health views. “Frankly, you frighten people,” one Democratic senator told his former roommate.
Okla., questioned President Trump’s HHS secretary pick, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on whether he would back the president’s stances on abortion rights. In response, Kennedy said, “I’m going to support President Trump’s policies on Title 10.
Eric Burlison's Life at Conception Act has almost 70 cosponsors. It argues that a fetus is a person under the 14th Amendment.
Ilyse Hogue explains the connection between Trump's executive order on gender and Republican's anti-abortion agenda.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced about 3.5 hours of questioning on topics including his past comments on vaccines and abortion during the first of his two confirmation hearings.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Health and Human Services Department, defended his views on vaccines, abortion and nutrition Wednesday in a testy hearing before the Senate Finance Committee,
President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was in the hot seat Wednesday as he was peppered with more than three hours of detailed questions from senators during the first of two confirmation hearings.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said "the states should control abortion" during his confirmation hearing Wednesday, adding that he will "study the safety" of the abortion pill mifepristone at Trump's request.