Democrats hoping to flip the Senate seized on a major Supreme Court ruling on Monday striking down a Louisiana law that would've restricted abortion access, attacking Republican candidates in crucial races across the country for supporting conservative justices who dissented in the case.
Nowhere was that more evident than in Maine, where state House Speaker Sara Gideon sharply criticized Sen. Susan Collins for voting to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh, even though Collins supported the court's decision.
Gideon touted her endorsements from groups supporting abortion rights like NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood Action and publicly questioned whether Collins still believed that Kavanaugh viewed Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision in which the court ruled that the Constitution protects a pregnant woman's right to choose to have an abortion, as "settled law."
In a video conversation with NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue, Gideon charged that Kavanaugh "did the exact opposite of what Susan Collins professed over and over again that she was sure that he would do -- and that is respecting the precedent of Roe v. Wade."
"We are still very much in danger in terms of reproductive health care and access to that for all people in this country," she added.
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