Pence, a Trump critic since the end of the first Trump administration, first urged lawmakers to reject Kennedy’s nomination in November following President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential win.
A conservative group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence is urging Republican lawmakers to reject the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services over his past support for abortion.
“Even in the reddest of red states, voters reject total abortion bans,” Kennedy said in a video to his supporters. “And in blue states, almost no one supports third-trimester abortions except to save the life of the mother. And so I support the emerging consensus that abortion should be unrestricted up until a certain point.”