Anti-vaccine moms are rethinking what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. preaches. “He [RFK Jr] was a big part of why I even became anti-vax,” Heather Simpson, mother to an eight-year-old daughter, told Raw Story. In 2016, while researching healthy ways to get pregnant, Simpson became drawn into the anti-vaccine movement after becoming “hooked” on the docuseries The Truth About Vaccines, which featured RFK Jr., founder of Children’s Health Defense. “I was like, ‘Man, if a Kennedy is saying to be cautious, that’s probably something,” Simpson told Raw Story about her initial reaction. Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit founded by Kennedy, has been identified as one of the leading sources of false and misleading claims about vaccines, with a worldwide impact. Over the years, it has filed federal and state lawsuits challenging vaccine policies, including a 2019 case in New York over school vaccine requirements following a measles outbreak, which the group lost.
Published: September 29, 2025 5:50 pm
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