Amy Coney Barrett Signed Letter Urging End of 'Barbaric' Roe v. Wade

[RandySF]

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a letter in 2006 calling for the end of Roe v. Wade, denouncing the seminal court decision that provided a legal right to abortion as “barbaric.”

The letter came in the form of an advertisement from the anti-choice group St Joseph County Right to Life which was based in South Bend, Indiana.

“The Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion for any reason,” the ad read. “It’s time to put an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe v. Wade and restore laws that protect the lives of unborn children.”

At the time of the ad, Barrett worked as a law professor at the University of Notre Dame. The views expressed in the letter reflect the thinking of a vast majority of conservatives and Catholics. But they present potential political problems for Barrett now that she is President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court.

Trump, on Tuesday night, tried to downplay the notion that Barrett’s confirmation could result in the overturning of Roe, saying that there was no way to know that abortion rights could be impacted by her taking the seat of the recently deceased Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The letter from St Joseph County Right to Life was first reported by The Guardian, which reported that the group also believes that “discarding of unused or frozen embryos created in the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process ought to be criminalized.”



https://www.thedailybeast.com/amy-coney-barrett-signed-letter-urging-end-of-barbaric-roe-v-wade

[dalton99a]

1. Originalist, my ass

This woman has a long history of rightwing extremism, anxious and eager to impose her personal beliefs on others

[secondwind]

2. I second that!

[smirkymonkey]

7. +1000

I'm so angry I could spit nails! I hope the ghost of RGB comes back to haunt them all.

[TruckFump]

3. Wonder how much of that letter her husband wrote for her. EOM

[madaboutharry]

4. She is a religious extremist.

In my opinion, this is the most dangerous kind of judge. They are not arbiters of justice. They see their role as applying their personal interpretation of the Bible to governance and the law. They think that this is "God's Will" and that it is their mission.

[LastDemocratInSC]

5. You're correct.

The stated goal of her religious group is "to establish the kingdom of God" in Earth.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. K&R

[Crunchy Frog]

8. Well I guess that makes me a mass murderer.

Since I let the clinic dispose of my 18 leftover frozen embryos by not paying my $500.00 yearly storage fees after my twin sons were born. Sorry, I just couldn't afford it.

I wonder if she'll try to make sure I get prosecuted.