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Abortion opponents immediately celebrate opportunity for Trump to replace Justice Ginsburg

Abortion opponents were central to the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and will be again during the fight to replace Ginsburg

Special Programs Abortion Rights & Reproductive Health

Written by Julie Tulbert

Research contributions from Media Matters Staff

Published 09/18/20 10:32 PM EDT

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Following news of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, abortion opponents and anti-abortion outlets reacted by celebrating the opportunity for President Donald Trump to appoint her replacement, attacking her voting record on abortion cases, and claiming that a new justice needs to be confirmed as soon as possible to overturn Roe v. Wade and end abortion. As we already saw in 2018 with the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, anti-abortion figures and outlets will be ready to deploy a playbook of tactics to make sure another anti-abortion justice is confirmed to the court.

Here’s how abortion opponents and outlets reacted:

  • Susan B. Anthony List’s statement:
  • Americans United for Life:
  • Americans United for Life chief legal officer Steven Aden:
  • Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins:
  • Far-right personality Nicholas J. Fuentes:
  • Sidewalk Advocates for Life:
  • Former One America News host Liz Wheeler:
  • Anti-abortion outlet Church Militant:
  • Americans United for Life president and CEO Catherine Glenn Foster:
  • LifeSiteNews.com’s write-up of the news:

“May God have mercy on her soul,” said John-Henry Westen, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of LifeSiteNews. “Justice Ginsburg was known for her friendship with the late Justice Antonin Scalia, a pro-life Catholic who attended the Traditional Latin Mass. We hope that his faith had an impact on her later in her life, and that she repented of her pro-abortion activism at the end.”

  • Anti-abortion advocate Abby Johnson, who spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention:
  • American Life League sent a fundraising email:
Email from the anti-abortion organization the American Life League

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