Mon Aug 14, 2023 – 2:22 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Democrat environmental and medical freedom activist and long-shot presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reaffirmed Sunday that he would not sign any federal abortion ban, shortly after suggesting he would back a ban on abortion after the first trimester.
During comments given to NBC News at the Iowa State Fair, Kennedy said, “I believe that a decision to abort a child should be up to the women during the first three months of life.”
“So you would cap it at 15 weeks…21 weeks?” NBC reporter Ali Vitali followed up.
“Yes…yes,” Kennedy responded. “Three months.”
“So three months, you would sign a federal cap on that,” she asked.
“Yes, I would,” Kennedy answered, saying that “Once a child is viable, outside the womb, I think then a state has an interest in protecting the child […] I’m for medical freedom. Individuals are able to make their own choices,” but the balance between mother and child shifts the further along the child develops.
Here’s the full exchange with Kennedy, in which I ask the questions multiple times to make sure we’re understanding- even at one point saying
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