The suit addresses the scrapping of COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for children and pregnant women and the dismantling an influential expert panel that advises the government on immunizations.

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my preordained opinions on anybody at HHS,” he said. “I’m going to empower the scientists at HHS to do their job and make sure that we have good science that is evidence based.”

A coalition of top U.S. medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, sued Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, according to Benzinga. The lawsuit alleges that Kennedy undermined science and public health by unilaterally rescinding COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children and pregnant individuals.