HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. deserves praise for his bold action to restore the sanctity of human life in America’s organ transplant system. Under his leadership, Health and Human Services (HHS) exposed violations of the “dead donor rule” in U.S. hospitals, where organs were taken from donors who may not have been fully deceased.
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
