Mike Pence Says RFK Jr. Would Be “Most Pro-abortion HHS Secretary in History”

Updated. Washington Post / NYT.  “If confirmed, Kennedy “would be the most pro-abortion Republican appointed secretary of HHS in modern history….” former Trump Vice President Mike Pence said Friday.

“Kennedy sent mixed signals on his abortion beliefs during his White House run. He suggested in May that he supported no government restrictions on abortion but later walked it back and said abortion “should be legal up until a certain number of weeks, and restricted thereafter.”

Abortion was a top issue in the presidential election. Trump insisted he would not pursue a national abortion ban after previously appointing the Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022….”

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+ Edward Feser on Trump Administration current refusal to block the mailing of abortion pills throughout the country.

+ “Even if it’s full term …”

+ Merely a state issue?

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+ ‘Planned Parenthood Direct’ ‘Telehealth’ App to Circumvent Funding Cuts

+The Most Dangerous Moment For the U.S. Pro-Life Movement. First Things.

+ Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next

+ 95 percent of all abortions are done for elective not emergency reasons

+ Speaker Mike Johnson says he’d ‘like to’ defund PBS and Planned Parenthood

Is it even possible to ban intrinsically immoral abortion in a land of Enlightenment false “liberty” and global depopulation agendas? Most think not. Therefore, but for a miracle, abortion would seem likely to continue sweeping the globe despite the “personal” reservations of particular politicians and anti-abortion groups.

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+ President-Elect Trump warns colleges that if they do not ban antisemitism on campus they will lose accreditation and federal funding: 

“My first week back in the Oval Office, my administration will inform every college president that, if you do not end antisemitic propaganda, they will lose their accreditation and federal taxpayer support… Next, I will inform every educational institution in our land that, if they permit violence, harassment, or threats against Jewish students, the schools will be held accountable for violations of the civil rights law.”

— RFK and Mexico City Policy. Edward Feser says there is reason to be skeptical. But we hope.