Opinion: RFK Jr.’s stance on Covid vaccines for pregnant women is profoundly unethical

It is squarely unethical to treat healthy pregnant women differently than other groups that are similarly at elevated risk of serious Covid illness, writes one bioethicist.

Jun 3, 2025 - 19:00
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Opinion: RFK Jr.’s stance on Covid vaccines for pregnant women is profoundly unethical

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy’s proposal to end the government’s existing Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy pregnant women, if enacted, will be a major setback to decades’ worth of efforts to advance the health of pregnant people and their babies.

It also profoundly unethical.

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