In response to RFK Jr. voicing support for Trump’s plans to restrict abortion access, DNC Spokesperson Alex Floyd released the following statement: 

“Donald Trump’s handpicked justices ended Roe v. Wade and paved the way for a national abortion ban – and now his HHS pick RFK Jr. is confirming that Trump’s anti-choice agenda includes ending access to medication abortion nationwide. Democrats are ready to fight back against Trump’s wildly out-of-touch and dangerous threats to rip away Americans’ basic rights.”

NEW: RFK Jr. confirms he will carry out the Trump-Vance extreme Project 2025 anti-choice agenda – including restricting access to medication abortion.

Oriana González, NOTUS: “NEWS: Josh Hawley tells me RFK Jr. was ‘open’ to reinstating restrictions to the abortion pill mifepristone, specifically the in-person dispensing requirement

“‘He said he was open to that,’ Hawley said. ‘He indicated to me he wanted to support the president’s pro-life agenda’”

New Republic: “On January 20, 2025, conservatives plan to resurrect a 150-year-old defunct law to ban abortion across the nation. This is not a secret plan—far from it. It’s part of the 180-Day Playbook produced by Project 2025, detailing priorities for an incoming conservative president on day one.” 

Just like Trump, Kennedy also supports a national abortion ban, which would rip away women’s reproductive freedoms and deny critical health care.

Politico: “Speaking to NBC from the Iowa State Fair, Kennedy said, ‘I believe a decision to abort a child should be up to the women during the first three months of life,’ but added: ‘Once a child is viable, outside the womb, I think then the state has an interest in protecting the child.’ He said he would sign a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks or 21 weeks of pregnancy if he were elected president.”

NBC: “A leading conservative anti-abortion group, Susan B. Anthony List, praised Kennedy’s position in a statement, calling it ‘a stark contrast to the Democratic Party’s radical stance of abortion on demand. … Kennedy is one of the few prominent Democrats aligned with the consensus of the people today. Every candidate should be asked, ‘Where do you draw the line?’”

Rolling Stone: “Trump Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide: Report”

Trump paved the way for banning medication abortion when he “proudly” overturned Roe v. Wade, ripping away reproductive freedoms. 

Trump: “I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of … Roe v. Wade.”

Trump: “For 54 years they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it. … Nobody else was going to get that done but me, and we did it, and we did something that was a miracle.”

Trump: “Getting rid of Roe v. Wade was an incredible thing for pro-life because it gave pro-life something to negotiate with. Pro-life had absolutely nothing, being stuck in Roe v. Wade, to negotiate with. … And look, everybody that was president wanted to get rid and tried to get rid of Roe v. Wade … For fifty years, this has been going on. I was able to do it, and I was very honored to do it.”

Trump: “There has to be some form of punishment [for women who have an abortion].”

Project 2025, page 471: “Prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds… Policymakers should end taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.” 

Rolling Stone: “Inside the MAGA Plan to Attack Birth Control, Surveil Women and Ban the Abortion Pill”