Democrats Lead in Asking About Abortion

By Kathleen Hunter | July 15, 2009 3:22 PM | | Comments (0)

So far, Democrats actually have the edge over Republicans in terms of asking Sonia Sotomayor substantive questions about her judicial views on abortion.

Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon became the second Democrat to raise the abortion issue with the nominee. Wisconsin's Herb Kohl also did so on Tuesday.

Republicans, meanwhile, have largely steered clear of the issue.

Although John Cornyn, R-Texas, did briefly touch on abortion during his 30-minute round of questioning, the only GOP senator to question Sotomayor extensively about the issue during the first round of questions was Oklahoma's Tom Coburn.

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