Barrett Is Hardly the First Nominee to Take Abortion Stance

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Judge Amy Coney Barrett gave repeated assurances during her 2017 confirmation to the Seventh Circuit Court that she “would never impose my own personal convictions upon the law.”
And yet now that she has been nominated to the Supreme Court, critics on the left argue her abortion views should somehow disqualify her from the post.
Since when?
Three high court nominees before her – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — took very public stances on abortion before their nominations and confirmations. That it has become an issue only this year, and only for Barrett, has only one…



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