RFK Jr. to Fire 16-Member Health Advisory Panel

The task force also recommends certain HIV-prevention drugs, a fact that triggered a Supreme Court ruling in June after complaints were made that such insurance requirements violated religious freedoms.

While the court found that decisions taken by the panel were constitutional, they also established that HHS has the authority to indiscriminately remove panel members.

Note that in the Braidwood v. Becerra Supreme Court case, SCOTUS did not effectively grant RFK Jr the right to throw out any of the catalogue of recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force, such as those regarding HIV-prevention drugs or cancer screenings, which… pic.twitter.com/wU5WVgCrAl

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It is possible that if the firings go ahead as part of President Donald Trump's brutal crackdown on any form of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in federal departments and agencies.

RFK Jr. is also waging a war against vaccinations and other forms of medicine, having removed members of a vaccine advisory committee and replaced them with a new panel that included vaccine skeptics.