“Pledged to keep opposing abortion and to defend the rights of the unborn.”
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All three cited sources are reachable, and each documents the CHAMPIONED outcome for this pledge to keep opposing abortion and defend the unborn. Source 1 (kennedy.senate.gov, 2019) confirms Kennedy AUTHORED AND LED the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) — sole introduction, clearing the leadership bar rather than mere voting — plus cosponsored nine additional pro-life bills. Source 2 (cassidy.senate.gov) confirms Kennedy co-introduced/reintroduced the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (20-week ban) with Sen. Cassidy, with the quoted "common-sense protections for unborn children at 20 weeks after fertilization" language verbatim. Source 3 (kennedy.senate.gov, 2024) confirms an A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony List explicitly recognizing legislative leadership. Every quoted headline appears exactly as cited. CHAMPIONED is independently supported by the sole authorship of PRENDA. Confidence is 0.88 (slightly below full) because on the flagship 20-week bill Kennedy is a co-introducer rather than the primary lead across Congresses (Cassidy/Graham led), so his leadership rests chiefly on his own authored bill plus co-sponsorship leadership — still sufficient for CHAMPIONED but with the noted caveat.
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