In an interview, Hawkins rejected the idea that Trump is more popular than the anti-abortion cause. (Fifty-four percent of Americans identify as “pro-choice”, while 41% say they are “pro-life”, according to recent Gallup polling.) While Trump has objected to signing a national abortion ban, Hawkins wants him to commit to defunding Planned Parenthood. She also hopes that Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has been tapped to head the Department of Health and Human Services, will be open to rolling back the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, given Kennedy’s skepticism toward pharmaceutical companies.
“I have a whole lot of damn bodies,” Hawkins said. “You can think we’re annoying all you want, but we have a lot of people and we haven’t gone away.”
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