Most of the criticism aimed at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services has come from establishment Democrats. 

But one group of conservatives have expressed a lot of concern, even though the Pravda Media has mostly ignored them: pro-lifers. 

You see, RFK Jr. is as pro-choice as any Democrat can be, and that worried the heck out of people for whom this is a top issue. We're all for making America healthy again, but we want as many Americans as possible to be here to enjoy that good health. Aborted children never get to be healthy. 

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Trump has already made clear that pro-life issues will not be at the top of his agenda, which added to those concerns. But as Kennedy Jr. is making the rounds talking to senators, he is making it clear that the policies he would pursue in his job would be those of the president, and the president is going to reinstate federal policies of his first administration. 

But Kennedy assured senators in multiple meetings on Capitol Hill today that he will ensure President Trump restores a host of pro-life policies that will save babies from abortions.

In a post on X, pro-life Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri detailed the pro-life policies Kennedy assured him would be back in place after Trump is inaugurated as president.

“Today I got to sit down with @RobertKennedyJr – we had a substantive discussion about American healthcare & his plans to take on Big Pharma. We also had a good discussion, at length, about prolife policies at HHS,” Hawley said.

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“He committed to me to reinstate President Trump’s prolife policies at HHS. That includes reinstating the Mexico City policy & ending taxpayer funding for abortions domestically,” Hawley explained. “He supports reinstating the bar on Title X funds going to organizations that promote abortion.”

“He pledged to reverse the Biden Admin’s Section 1557 rule and also said all of his deputies at HHS would be prolife. He told me he believes there are far too many abortions in the US and that we cannot be the moral leader of the free world with abortion rates so high,” Hawley added. “RFK also pledged to reinstate conscience protections for healthcare providers.”

I find none of this surprising. RFK Jr. is coming to fix big food and big pharma, not to fight for abortion on demand up until birth. Getting into battles over issues that are primarily now in the hands of the states would be especially stupid, and anybody who has followed RFK Jr. for more than a few hours knows that pushing radical pro-choice policies is not what motivates him. 

So, this isn't much of a concession for him, and without it, he would never have had a chance to implement changes that matter to him. 

It is remarkable how much more smoothly the second Trump transition is going than the first. Sure, Trump has had time to game things out and knows where the land mines are this time, but it's also true that his choices for Cabinet positions are infinitely more controversial as a group than in 2016/17. Back then, Trump was talking about change, but the personnel weren't really there to make it and make it stick. 

Trump's first team seemed to be as much about putting obstacles in his way as helping him achieve his goals; this time around, the opposite is true, yet it looks like he will have a much easier time filling out the top spots in his administration. 

It's almost as if the 2020 loss and the reset it provided will turn out to be a blessing in disguise for him. His second term will likely wind up as the most consequential for any president in memory. Instead of fading momentum, he is just picking up steam.