Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has walked back remarks of him saying that he would support a federal ban on abortion.
In an interview with NBC News at the Iowa State Fair, Kennedy said he would sign a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks or 21 weeks of pregnancy if he were elected president.
“I believe a decision to abort a child should be up to the women during the first three months of life,” Kennedy told the news outlet, adding that “once a child is viable, outside the womb, I think then the state has an interest in protecting the child.”
“I’m for medical freedom,” Kennedy said. “Individuals are able to make their own choices.”
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