Pence Group Pressures Health Nominee RFK Jr. on Abortion Pill

Jan. 28, 2025, 5:40 PM UTC

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s conservative lobbying group is urging senators to question Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on how he’ll approach approval of the abortion pill mifepristone ahead of the pick’s nomination hearings to lead the Health and Human Services Department.

Advancing American Freedom is sending a letter Tuesday to all lawmakers on the Senate Finance and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees ahead of the hearings this week, calling on them to press the HHS nominee on whether he will further investigate the approval process for the abortion pill and whether he will put up further restrictions to ...

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