Robert Gibbs, the president’s press secretary, told reporters that the president did not specifically discuss abortion with Sonia Sotomayor. I do not believe that report for a second. This is one of the most hotly disputed issues in the Supreme Court’s history. Obama knows the impact that overturning of Rowe Vs Wade would have on this nation.
In today’s Washington Post the article Abortion Rights Backers Get Reassurances on Nominee it was reported as follows. “The president’s advisers could not point to a specific basis for Obama’s belief that he and Sotomayor share the same view on the issue, other than their general conversation about judicial philosophies. In nearly 20 years as a district judge and on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York, Sotomayor has not confronted constitutional questions about the issue.”
As a very strong supporter of the Roe v. Wade ruling, I am not reassured at all. To the contrary, I am very concerned about the possible overturning of that ruling. Senator Barbara Boxer is quoted as saying she feels comfortable with the nomination but what is the basis for her comfort? I know of none. Sotomayor is a Catholic. Won’t her religion influence her opinion? Of course it will.
Supporters of the Roe v. Wade ruling need to call their senators to pressure them in their questioning of Sotomayor. If there is any hint that she would overturn the ruling then she cannot be seated on the Supreme Court.
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