Op-Ed

Pro-lifers Should Start a Fight over RFK Jr.

By Ramesh Ponnuru

The Washington Post

December 10, 2024

Pro-lifers have lost their confidence after more than two years of political setbacks. They barely registered a protest when President-elect Donald Trump watered down the Republican Party’s platform language on abortion and criticized some states for restricting the procedure too heavily. They have had little to say, either, about Trump’s selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of health and human services — one of the most important positions in the federal government for abortion policy — despite Kennedy’s pro-abortion views.

The pro-life movement needs to recover its fight, and its self-respect. The Kennedy nomination is the place to draw a line.

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