US EditionTrump has said abortion is a state issue. His judicial picks could shape it nationally for decades
UNITED STATES, AUG 10 – Nearly half of Trump’s 17 judicial nominees hold anti-abortion views and have defended restrictive laws, embedding ideologues into lifetime federal judicial positions, experts say.
- As President Donald Trump pushes federal judicial nominees, roughly half have revealed anti-abortion views or defended abortion restrictions.
- Trump's court nominees have lifetime appointments and can roll back abortion access long after he leaves office, according to a Stanford law professor.
- A White House spokesman said Trump's nominees align with overturning Roe v. Wade and allowing states to decide on abortion.
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Review: Half of Trump’s judicial nominees are against abortion
CHICAGO — One called abortion a “barbaric practice.” Another referred to himself as a “zealot” for the anti-abortion movement. Several have played prominent roles in defending their state’s abortion restrictions in court and in cases that have had national impact, including on access to medication abortion. Read more...
·Vancouver, United States
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Rolling back Roe: How Trump uses the federal courts to bypass political backlash on abortion
One called abortion a “barbaric practice.” Another referred to himself as a “zealot” for the antiabortion movement. Several have played prominent roles in defending their state's abortion restrictions in court and in cases that have had national impact, including on access to medication abortion.
·Mumbai, India
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