Press Releases
Nominee Kavanaugh Has Egregious Record of Undermining Reproductive Rights
Washington, DC,
July 9, 2018
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court: "Brett Kavanaugh is a far-right choice to sit on our nation’s highest court. He has an egregious record of undermining a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions—from stopping a woman from accessing an abortion to allowing a woman’s boss to deny her birth control coverage. "Within the next year, the Supreme Court will not only evaluate the future of health care access, voting rights, civil rights, reproductive rights, labor rights, and our environment, it may decide the President’s guilt or innocence in the Mueller Investigation. I strongly urge my Senate counterparts not to approve any nominee who was chosen by President Trump until the investigation into his campaign's collusion with Russia has concluded.” |