Abortion opponents were reassured by Kavanaugh's comments on Roe v. Wade

Source: www.mediamatters.org - Saturday, September 08, 2018
Melisa Joskow / Media Matters Judge Brett Kavanaugh???s Supreme Court confirmation??hearing demonstrated that he will be a threat to abortion rights and would likely vote to??overturn or curtail protections stemming from?? Roe v. Wade -- despite previous claims by right-wing media to the contrary. Abortion opponents reacted to the hearing by praising Kavanaugh???s position on abortion and reproductive rights, and by attacking pro-choice protesters and Democratic senators. This week, Kavanaugh participated in a confirmation hearing for his nomination to the Supreme Court, which reaffirmed that he will be a threat to abortion rights. Rewire.News??? Jessica Mason Pieklo wrote that Kavanaugh???s references to ??? Roe as Supreme Court precedent and even ???super-precedent?????? served as a consistent talking point for the judge who was seemingly shielding his views on abortion rights. As Mason Pieklo explained, Kavanaugh???s invocation of precedent meant little because ???precedent can be ???unsettled??? by the Supreme Court.??? In particular, ???Kavanaugh reminded us of that time and time again by invoking Brown v. Board of Education ,??? a case that anti-abortion activists use ???as an analogy??? to describe a ???pathway to overturn Roe .??? Kavanaugh ???also called birth control an abortifacient, ??? echoing another anti-choice talking point that dangerously conflates contraception with abortion.??? Mason Pieklo also pointed to an

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