
During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's Health and Human Services nominee, expressed his belief that 'every abortion is a tragedy.' Kennedy aligned himself with President Trump's stance on abortion, emphasizing the need to reduce the number of abortions in the country.
Kennedy acknowledged the moral implications of the high abortion rate in the United States, stating that a nation cannot claim moral standing while witnessing 1.2 million abortions annually. He echoed Trump's call for greater state control over abortion policies and highlighted the President's commitment to ending late-term abortions and protecting conscious exemptions.