{"id":2241113,"date":"2024-05-09T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-reiterates-support-for-abortion-access-even-if-its-full-term\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T16:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T20:38:52","slug":"rfk-jr-reiterates-support-for-abortion-access-even-if-its-full-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-reiterates-support-for-abortion-access-even-if-its-full-term\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. reaffirms backing for full-term abortion access"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frfk-jr-reiterates-support-for-abortion-access-even-if-its-full-term%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert F. \u200dKennedy Jr., an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evan-mcmullin-is-the-democrats-utah-senate-candidate\/\" title=\"Evan McMullin Is The Democrats\u2019 Utah Senate Candidate\">independent presidential candidate<\/a>, expressed support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-senators-have-no-clothes\/\" title=\"Senators are naked.\">full-term abortions<\/a>, emphasizing \u200cminimal government involvement. Amid expectations of abortion access \u2064as a \u200ckey issue in\u200d the 2024 \u200celection post-Roe v. \u2062Wade&#8217;s\u200c 2022 reversal, Kennedy\u2062 advocates \u200cfor women&#8217;s \u2062autonomy in reproductive decisions. Despite recent clarifications, he\u2063 maintains the stance that \u200dabortion rights should primarily \u2064rest with women.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Independent presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> voiced his support for full-term <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortions<\/a>, arguing, \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t have the government involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s statement comes as abortion access is expected to be a major topic among voters in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 presidential election<\/a>, the first presidential election since <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was overturned in 2022. Kennedy explained that abortion ought to be a decision left up to women rather than the state, though he admitted that this option provides a \u201csatisfactory outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we should leave it to the women,\u201d Kennedy said on <em>The Sage Steele Show<\/em>. \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t have government involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ovu7Hu1oEiQ?si=4RolT6wiAeaVqoeL\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Steele then asked for clarification if full-term abortions should be protected, to which Kennedy responded, \u201ceven if it\u2019s full term.\u201d He also argued that he does not believe anyone sets out to be pregnant for eight months before getting an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Kennedy stated that he believes abortion should be left up to the mother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/633438\/rfk-jr-claims-he-would-sign-abortion-ban-after-first-trimester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u201cduring the first three months of life,\u201d<\/a> adding that the state has a duty to protect the child \u201conce a child is viable outside the womb.\u201d Kennedy\u2019s campaign then issued a statement claiming that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2569364\/rfk-jr-backtracks-on-abortion-comments-always-the-womans-right-to-choose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he misunderstood the question asked to him by a reporter<\/a>, and that his view on abortion is \u201calways the woman\u2019s right to choose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicole-shanahan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nicole Shanahan<\/a>, shared her view on abortion in April, stating that she does not like \u201cthe feeling of anyone having control over my body.\u201d However, she added that she herself does not feel right \u201cterminating a viable life living inside of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>People are asking about my views on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>I will speak personally. As a mom, and a person with a womb, I don&#8217;t like the feeling of anyone having control over my body. It is coercive. It is wrong. But, I am also a woman that would not feel right terminating a viable life\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QqmkkzZJkO\">pic.twitter.com\/QqmkkzZJkO<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoleShanahan\/status\/1777806901314793630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> stated last month that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2957228\/trump-draws-line-in-sand-abortion-as-republicans-try-find-footing-pivotal-subject\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he would leave the topic of abortion up to the states to decide<\/a>, choosing not to campaign on abortion limits. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> campaign, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2987240\/harris-after-trump-florida-abortion-ban-enough-with-gaslighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>has focused heavily on abortion access<\/a> ahead of the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supports full-term abortions, citing the need to exclude government interference. With abortion access a focal point for voters in the upcoming 2024 election post Roe v. Wade&#8217;s 2022 overturn, Kennedy emphasized the importance of individual autonomy in reproductive decisions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2241114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rfk-jr-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rfk-jr-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}