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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', B.A.{{BA}}, J.D.{{JD}}, M. Laws, ({{LifeData|birth=1954-01-17|birthplace=Washington, D.C.|birthcountry=[[USA]]|death=|deathplace=|deathcountry=}}) is a scion of the very wealthy and prominent Kennedy political family of Massachusetts. <b>'''Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.</b> ''' is also known as <b>'''Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.</b>''', <b>'''Bobby Kennedy, Jr.</b>''', and <b>'''RFK, Jr.</b> ''' His uncle was the late President John F. Kennedy and his father was the late Robert F. Kennedy who served as Attorney-General of the [[United States]].
The Kennedy family has historically been associated with the Democrat Party, but RFK, Jr. resigned from the Democrat Party in 2023, became an independent, and then supported Donald Trump for President.
==Children's Health Defense==
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is the founder, chairman, and chief legal officer of [[Children's Health Defense]]<sup>®</sup>.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://childrenshealthdefense.org/about-us/our-team/?itm_term=homehero
==Secretary of Health and Human Services==
President-elect Donald J. Trump has appointed made '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' to be the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. If his appointment is ratified by the Senate, he would take office on as of 20 January 2025. He has proposed far reaching changes in American health care with a goal of improving the health of Americans. "RFK Jr. announced that the Trump administration would immediately fire and replace 600 National Institutes of Health officials."<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Allen
|first=Arthur
}}</ref> Kennedy's appointment was ratified by the United States Senate on 13 February 2025.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00052.htm Roll Call Vote 119th Congress - 1st Session], United States Senate</ref>
Kennedy has claimed that boys who are [[circumcised]] early have twice the rate of autism, but only due to distribution of Tylenol to infants following the procedure, not due to the procedure itself.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Circumcised boys more likely to be autistic, RFK Jr claims
|url=https://archive.is/OKBsv#selection-2265.4-2265.65
|format=
|quote=
}}</ref> Hirota & King (2023) had previously reported the incidence of autism spectrum disorder was 3.7% in males as compared to 0.9 % in females or a little more than 4 times that of females.<ref name="hirota2023">{{REFjournal
|last=Hirota
|first=
}}</ref>
[[Morten Frisch|Frisch]] & Simonsen (2015) made the hypothesis that boys who undergo ritual [[circumcision]] may run a greater risk of developing ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Frisch
|first=Morten
|init=M
|author-link=Morten Frisch
|last2=Simonsen
|first2=Jacob
|init2=J
|author2-link=
|title=Ritual circumcision and risk of autism spectrum disorder in 0- to 9-year-old boys: national cohort study in Denmark
|url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4530408/
|date=2015-07
|accessdate=2025-10-24
|journal=J R Soc Med
|volume=108
|issue=7
|pages=266-79
|pubmedID=25573114
|pubmedCID=PMC4530408
|doi=10.1177/0141076814565942
}}</ref>
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* {{URLwikipedia|Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.|Robert F. Kennedy Jr.}}
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