Politico October 5, 2025
The health secretary has made phasing out animal testing part of his Make America Healthy Again plan.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s making animal welfare a component of his Make America Healthy Again mission.
The health secretary has asked his agencies to refine high-tech methods of testing chemicals and drugs that don’t involve killing animals. He thinks phasing out animal testing and using the new methods will help figure out what’s causing chronic disease. It’s also got an ancillary benefit for Republicans: Animal-rights advocates like what they’re hearing.
That’s another opportunity for President Donald Trump to co-opt a traditionally left-leaning constituency.
“No one likes to see suffering,” Emily Trunnell, director of science advancement and outreach at People for the Ethical Treatment...
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