Mike Pence Says Trump Cabinet Member Should “Step Aside”

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should resign for failing to conduct a safety review of the abortion drug mifepristone.

“Kennedy should step aside and give President Trump the opportunity to select a new HHS Secretary who will deliver pro-life results for the American people,” Pence said.

Kennedy should step aside and give President Trump the opportunity to select a new HHS Secretary who will deliver pro-life results for the American people,” Pence said. https://t.co/qX0E01Dg9n

— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) December 15, 2025

“It’s time to kick this progressive wolf in pro-life sheep’s clothing to the curb,” states a memo from Pence’s group, the Advancing American Freedom Foundation, according to Real Clear Politics.

“RFK Jr must go,” it added.

Pence Calls on Trump To Fire RFK Jr Over Abortion Drug | RealClearPolitics https://t.co/MHqdIYgCR9

— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) December 15, 2025

More from Real Clear Politics:

The dissent signals that the Trump coalition may be fraying. Evangelical voters helped make him president twice. The Make America Healthy Again contingent, including a large number of disaffected Democrats, followed Kennedy into the Trump camp last year, increasing his margins of victory. Back in the White House, Trump has focused more on the alleged dangers of food dyes, Tylenol, and vaccines than on curbing abortion access.

In a statement to RCP, Pence noted the “key role” pro-life voters played in returning Trump to the Oval Office before blasting Kennedy for being “unable or unwilling to deliver on his many promises to the pro-life movement.” The HHS secretary hasn’t even cleared the lowest bar, he added, pointing to a still-incomplete review “of the dangerous chemical abortion pill that millions of pro-lifers consider the bare minimum for a pro-life administration.”

“Republicans gave RFK Jr a chance and he has failed. RFK Jr was confirmed under the belief that he would protect vulnerable women and children – not to pursue four more years of progressive pro-abortion policies at HHS,” the memo continued.

BREAKING: Mike Pence Wants Trump to Fire RFK Jr. Over Abortion Pill https://t.co/62x66LnexQ pic.twitter.com/MW3jtwrQyw

— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) December 15, 2025

LifeNews explained further:

Kennedy, during his confirmation process, pledged to direct the Food and Drug Administration to review mifepristone’s safety, accusing the previous administration of “twisting the data to bury one of the safety signals.”

Yet the review remains incomplete, and Biden-era policies allowing mail-order access to the drug have abortion pills flooding the nation — including pro-life states that want to protect unborn babies.

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Pence’s call comes on the heels of pro-life groups saying the FDA commission Dr. Marty Makary should be fired for slow-walking the abortion pill review.

Makary is promising a thorough review of the risks and dangers associated with the abortion pill.

That’s in response to pro-life advocates calling for his resignation after reports surfaced that the FDA was slow-walking the review of mifepristone until after the elections.

As LifeNews reported, pro-life groups are accusing him of stalling a critical safety review of the dangerous abortion drug mifepristone until after the 2026 midterm elections. The FDA has delayed a review of safety data for mifepristone at Makary’s request, Bloomberg News reported. Makary has told agency officials to hold off on the safety review until after the midterm elections, according to the report.

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