{"id":1030860,"date":"2024-04-22T14:25:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T14:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030860"},"modified":"2024-05-10T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:26:08","slug":"icymi-like-trump-rfk-jr-cant-be-trusted-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-like-trump-rfk-jr-cant-be-trusted-on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Like Trump, RFK Jr. Can\u2019t Be Trusted on Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Today, in response to new reporting from the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/22\/rfk-jr-abortion-mixed-signals\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a><em> highlighting how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he would support a 15-week abortion ban, repeated racially inflammatory anti-abortion talking points, and minimized abortion rights as a \u201cculture war issue,\u201d <\/em><strong><em>DNC communications adviser Lis Smith said the following:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLike Donald Trump, RFK Jr. can\u2019t be trusted to stand up for reproductive freedom. He\u2019s said he would sign a national abortion ban and has repeatedly dismissed the importance of abortion rights on the campaign trail. With reproductive freedom under attack, we need leaders who will stand strong for women. It\u2019s clear that neither RFK Jr. nor Trump will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ICYMI: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/22\/rfk-jr-abortion-mixed-signals\/\"><strong>The Washington Post<\/strong><\/a><strong>: RFK Jr. rarely mentions abortion \u2014 and sends mixed signals when he does<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Meryl Kornfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At the Iowa State Fair in August 2023, <strong>Kennedy said he would support a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks of gestation,<\/strong> then said he would not \u201cpersonally\u201d restrict abortion but added, \u201cI think the states have a right to protect a child once the child becomes viable, and that right, it increases.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Even Kennedy has acknowledged he doesn\u2019t know what he would do on abortion once in the White House. When a Post reporter asked him in February how he would protect abortion access and reproductive rights if he were elected president, he replied: <strong>\u201cI don\u2019t know, you tell me. What should I be doing?\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kennedy has said he believes the decision to seek an abortion should be left to women and their doctors. But<strong> he has held just one campaign event focused on abortion, an October visit to an Atlanta facility founded by Angela Stanton King<\/strong> \u2014 an anti-abortion and criminal justice reform activist and former Trump supporter whom the ex-president pardoned for her role in a car theft ring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the months that followed Kennedy\u2019s appearance at Stanton King\u2019s facility, which aims to convince women to carry their pregnancies to term, <strong>he has repeated her false and inflammatory claims that abortion providers systematically target Black women.<\/strong><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a virtual discussion with Stanton King in February, <strong>Kennedy repeated that disinformation <\/strong>that Black women receive a vast majority of abortions and most abortion clinics are in Black communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kennedy\u2019s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, funded research into the longevity of women\u2019s reproductive health and <strong>criticized in-vitro fertilization as \u201cone of the biggest lies that\u2019s being told about women\u2019s health today.\u201d <\/strong>In a lengthy post on X on April 9, after Arizona\u2019s state Supreme Court decision, Shanahan wrote she \u201ccan hold both beliefs,\u201d suggesting bans are \u201ccoercive\u201d and \u201cwrong\u201d but that <strong>women should carry pregnancies to term unless the mother or baby\u2019s health is at risk.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kennedy\u2019s campaign has also used his abortion position to appeal to conservative voters. Rita Palma, who worked for Kennedy gathering ballot access signatures in New York, told voters in this month that<strong> the candidate\u2019s position was comparable to Trump\u2019s.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, in response to new reporting from the Washington Post highlighting how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he would support a 15-week abortion ban, repeated racially inflammatory anti-abortion talking points, and minimized abortion rights as a \u201cculture war issue,\u201d DNC communications adviser Lis Smith said the following: \u201cLike Donald Trump, RFK Jr. can\u2019t be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICYMI: Like Trump, RFK Jr. Can\u2019t Be Trusted on Abortion - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-like-trump-rfk-jr-cant-be-trusted-on-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-22T14:25:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T14:26:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-like-trump-rfk-jr-cant-be-trusted-on-abortion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-like-trump-rfk-jr-cant-be-trusted-on-abortion\/\",\"name\":\"ICYMI: Like Trump, RFK Jr. Can\u2019t Be Trusted on Abortion - 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