Sotomayor Worries Abortion Rights Group

By Keith Perine | May 26, 2009 6:28 PM | | Comments (0)

Most liberal groups issued very favorable reactions today to President Obama's choice of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.

But the Center for Reproductive Rights says the Senate Judiciary Committee needs to press Sotomayor about her views on abortion. Sotomayor, a 2nd Circuit appeals court judge and a former federal district court judge, has not ruled on the constitutionality of abortion rights.

"Please take the next step with us and send a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick J. Leahy to demand full disclosure from Judge Sotomayor on her commitment to the principles of Roe v. Wade," the group said in an e-mail this evening.

In a 2002 case before the 2nd Circuit, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy v. Bush, Sotomayor wrote an opinion upholding the constitutionality of a U.S. government policy that required foreign organizations receiving U.S. aid not to either promote or perform abortions, even with other funds. Obama rolled back that policy on Jan. 23 with an executive order.

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