Today AAF announced that President Tim Chapman and AAF Board Chairman Marc Short sent a letter to the U.S. Senate ahead of the confirmation hearing of RFK Jr. regarding his appointment as HHS Secretary. The letter raises concerns about RFK’s past positions of supporting abortion on-demand up until birth and includes a list of questions to be asked during RFK’s confirmation hearing regarding the future of pro-life objectives that happen through HHS in hopes that RFK makes clear to the American people his commitment to the protection of innocent life.
Below is an excerpt of the letter:
“There are hundreds of decisions made every day at HHS that either lead our nation toward a respect for life or away from it—decisions about federal funding for Planned Parenthood, regulations on the abortion pill (currently accounting for three out of every five abortions), insurance coverage of abortion, and more. Whatever the merits of RFK Jr’s Make America Healthy Again initiative—indeed, whatever other qualities a nominee might possess—an HHS Secretary must have a firm commitment to protect unborn children, or else bend under the pressure and pushback surrounding these daily, critical decisions…
RFK Jr., as well as any other nominated HHS Secretary, must be able to provide satisfactory answers to the list of important pro-life questions attached to this letter. The pro-life movement has a strong bench of courageous pro-life leaders who are willing to serve the American people as the head of HHS.”
Read the full letter here.
