Trump nominee who is anti-IVF and surrogacy was deemed unqualified. She was just confirmed
Trump nominee who is anti-IVF and surrogacy was deemed unqualified. She was just confirmed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/04/trump-nominee-who-is-anti-ivf-surrogacy-was-deemed-unqualified-she-just-got-confirmed/
The latest of President Trump’s confirmed federal judges has been assailed by fellow lawyers for her lack of trial experience and has been lambasted by reproductive rights advocates for her vigorous opposition to abortion, surrogacy and in vitro fertilization.
And in a near-party-line vote Tuesday, the Senate approved the nomination of Sarah Pitlyk, making the conservative lawyer the newest federal judge for the U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined the Democrats to oppose Pitlyk. Every other Republican present voted for her.
Pitlyk’s confirmation is a victory for Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who have sought a dramatic and deeply consequential reshaping of the federal judiciary, installing a dizzying number of judges and energizing Republican voters.
The new appointment has also been seen as yet another mark of the influence of the Federalist Society, a conservative nonprofit organization, over Trump’s selection of judges. Pitlyk is a Federalist Society member.
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Jill Stein wins again! 
