Kennedy identified as “pro-choice” during his presidential campaign as a Democrat, but said repeatedly in Wednesday’s hearing for secretary of health and human services (HHS) that he agreed with Trump that “every abortion is a tragedy”.
“I agree with him that we cannot be a moral nation if we have 1.2 million abortions a year. I agree with him that the states should control abortion,” Kennedy said in response to questions from Senator James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma, where abortion is banned.
“I serve at the pleasure of the president. I’m going to implement his policies,” he continued.
Sounds like the typical politician/lawyer threading the needle. Basically to say abortion should be legal, but it sucks when it has to happen, and I want someone else to make the choices (and take the heat) on restricting them.