Collins Very Concerned About SCOTUS Abortion Ruling

The Bangor Daily News reports:

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins called a new Texas law severely restricting abortion “extreme” and criticized the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to leave it in place amid outcry from abortion-rights activists who decried the senator’s 2018 vote to confirm a conservative justice.

It is likely not the final word on the Texas law, but the ruling has thrust Collins, a rare pro-abortion rights Republican, back into the center of a national conversation. She defended her vote for Justice Brett Kavanaugh by arguing that he would respect precedent and not roll back Roe v. Wade.

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“The Texas law is extreme and harmful,” she said.https://t.co/MwAir8gkZe

— Bangor Daily News (@bangordailynews) September 2, 2021