Ilyse Hogue explains the connection between Trump's executive order on gender and Republican's anti-abortion agenda.
The Trump administration rejoined the coalition of governments, which was first adopted in October 2020 and are united around a pro-life policy stance.
Kennedy Jr. "go wild" on health, food and medicine as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, a Democrat who ended up supporting Trump in the 2024 presidential campaign, now faces two separate confirmation grillings over his controversial views -- on everything from vaccines to abortion -- that have both Republicans and Democrats raising concerns.
Eric Burlison's Life at Conception Act has almost 70 cosponsors. It argues that a fetus is a person under the 14th Amendment.
Despite Trump's insistence that states will do what they want with abortion, he's already taking federal action that could threaten access nationwide.
A key issue in the hearing has been whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would increase scrutiny of the abortion drug mifepristone if he becomes HHS secretary. The drug is part of a two-step process that is now the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced about 3.5 hours of questioning on topics including his past comments on vaccines and abortion during the first of his two confirmation hearings.
President Donald Trump's Health and Human Services nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told lawmakers that he agrees that 'every abortion is a tragedy.'
The longtime liberal faces deep skepticism over his public health views. “Frankly, you frighten people,” one Democratic senator told his former roommate.
A longtime environmental lawyer with no experience working in public health administration or medicine, Kennedy is known for his work in questioning the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including encouraging parents not to adhere to vaccination recommendations and helping to sue a vaccine manufacturer for what he alleged was marketing fraud.
The Justice Department said they believe the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act unfairly targets anti-abortion protesters.