Amy Coney Barrett Refuses To Comment On Protecting Roe V. Wade

Amy Coney Barrett Refuses To Comment On Protecting Roe V. Wade

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President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett during her second day of confirmation hearings said she could not speculate on how she would rule regarding Roe v. Wade, a critical decision on abortion that Democrats say could be in jeopardy if Barrett is confirmed.

















Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee ... [+] confirmation hearing on October 13, 2020 in Washington, DC.





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Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) asked Barrett if she shared the view of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia that Roe v. Wade, a 1974 ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion, was wrongly decided. 





"I can't