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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposes a “no spoiler” pledge to President Joe Biden for the upcoming election at a campaign event in Brooklyn, New York, on May 1, 2024. Kennedy suggested: An in-person poll of more than 300,000 potential voters in 50 states found that the most vulnerable would agree to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election.
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized government restrictions on abortion access in a social media post Friday night after receiving criticism from anti-abortion supporters, including within his own campaign. Withdrawn the opposition.
President Kennedy said he believed “abortion should be legal up to a certain number of weeks,” but later added that he believed abortion should be restricted “in the final months of pregnancy.”
“Abortion is a notoriously divisive issue in America, but there is actually a growing consensus that abortion should be legal up to a certain number of weeks and restricted after that,” President Kennedy wrote on social media Friday. I think,” he wrote. “Voters in even the reddest of red states reject outright abortion bans. There aren't many.”
“I support the emerging consensus that abortion should be unlimited until a certain point, at which point I think the baby should be viable outside the womb. Therefore , I intend to allow appropriate restrictions on abortion during the last months of pregnancy, similar to Roe v. Wade,” he added.
Mr Kennedy's comments come as Mr Kennedy told podcast host Sage Steele that he opposes any government restrictions on access to abortion and opposes making abortion legal until shortly before the date of birth. It was served later. This position drew condemnation from the influential anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which called his comments “unpalatable to millions of pro-life voters across the country.” said.
On Friday, Angela Stanton King, Kennedy's campaign adviser on black voter outreach, criminal justice and abortion policy, criticized Kennedy's opposition to government restrictions on abortion access. Late Friday, Stanton King said: social media posts She said she spoke with Kennedy and agreed to clarify her position on abortion.
The incident marked the second time President Kennedy took a clear position on government restrictions on abortion access, but his comments were retracted shortly after. Last year, Mr. Kennedy told reporters he supported a three-month federal abortion limit, but his campaign quickly walked back that position.
