"When she was asked about a newspaper ad she signed criticizing Roe v Wade, first reported by the Guardian, Barrett said she had “no recollection” of it and stressed she had nothing to hide... Most of the Democrats’ questioning centered on the ACA (Affordable Care Act), and how a ruling by the high court overturning the law would take healthcare away from millions of Americans... Barrett said she was not hostile to the ACA, abortion or gay rights, another area worrying progressives as the court seems set to tilt to a 6-3 conservative majority. She repeatedly denied any indication that her political views would color her rulings on the high court. (Kamala) Harris at one point asked Barrett if she had heard Trump’s vows to seat a supreme court justice who would overturn Roe v Wade and the ACA. Harris also pointed out that Trump nominated Barrett to serve as an appellate judge seven months after Barrett penned an article criticizing Justice John Roberts’ ruling upholding the ACA. Harris argued that showed Trump had been elevating Barrett to overturn the healthcare law."
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Amy Coney Barrett dodges abortion, healthcare and election law questions, Daniel Strauss, The Guardian, (13 October 2020)
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Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett (born 1972 Amy Vivian Coney) is an American lawyer, jurist, and former academic who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and was on Donald Trump's short list for Supreme Court picks.
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