By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday that she considers the question of abortion rights to be “settled law” and said she believes there is a constitutional right to privacy.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
On just her first day on the Hill, the hearings to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor have been interrupted several times by outbursts from pro-life protestors. One of these protestors, Norma McCorvey, the woman known as “Jane Roe” in the landmark abortion ruling, Roe v. Wade, was arrested after shouting “You’re wrong, Sotomayor!”
