Op-ed: RFK Jr. Has Abortion Issues To Tackle at HHS
Caroline MolloyIn keeping with his campaign promise to shake up the swamp, President-elect Donald Trump has handed the reins of America’s public health institutions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
As the secretary of Health and Human Services, the maverick RFK Jr. becomes the effective CEO for over a dozen operating agencies, as well as the marquee divisions of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Some pro-life advocates have raised concerns over RFK Jr.’s past comments in support of abortion (which he later reversed). Others point to his promise to combat the industrialization of humanity as an opportunity for major reforms when it comes to the way America sees reproductive healthcare.
The bottom line is this: For “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) to succeed in the four short years ahead of him, RFK Jr. must confront the most fundamental scientific questions: Whose health? Which children will benefit from the MAHA mission?
The industries in his crosshairs are big food, big tech, big government and big pharma. And his mission is to save America’s children.
He intends to use the FDA to crack down on ultra-processed foods, cease water fluoridation, re-visit the CDC’s vaccine schedules and cut the ties between pharmaceutical companies and Capitol Hill.
In his acceptance statement on X, Kennedy vowed: “Together we will clean up corruption, stop the revolving door between industry and government, and return our health agencies to their rich tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science.”
