Pro-choice activists are reportedly sending Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) coat hangers in an effort to push her to vote down any Supreme Court nominee who would overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark choice that made abortion authorized in America.
One Twitter person posted a image of her Amazon receipt for 100 coat hangers with the caption: "Sending these to Senator Collins as a reminder of what her legacy could be."
#HangersforCollins Sending these to Senator Collins as a reminder of what her legacy may very well be. Yes, I used Amazon. Don't @ me. #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/eSIKlqwX1K
— Ashley Long (@ImaginativeMom) July 1, 2018
People are additionally utilizing the hashtag "HangersForCollins" to share their help of pro-choice efforts. The coat hanger is symbolic of the harmful abortions ladies used to bear earlier than abortion was legalized by the Supreme Court.
Shortly after Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy introduced his retirement, Senator Collins went on ABC's This Week saying she wouldn't verify a candidate who would overturn Roe v. Wade out of respect for precedent.
"A candidate for this important position who would overturn Roe v. Wade would not be acceptable to me because that would indicate an activist agenda that I don't want to see a judge have," she stated. "And that would indicate to me a failure to respect precedent, a fundamental tenet of our judicial system."
However, Americans United for Life President Catherine Foster identified that the Supreme Court doesn't need to respect precedent and has overturned authorized rulings that institutionalized racism and segregation.
"Think about Dred Scott; think about separate but equal… all of these really shameful decisions in our nation's history and I believe that one day we're going to see Roe in that same list," she predicted.
When requested throughout a Fox News interview if he would appoint a pro-life Justice, President Donald Trump stated many individuals are advising him in opposition to that call.
"They're all saying, 'Don't do that. You don't do that. You shouldn't do that.' But I'm putting conservative people on," Trump additionally stated.
"I'm very proud of Neil Gorsuch," he continued. "He has been outstanding; his opinions are so well-written, so brilliant. I'm going to try to do something like that, but I don't think I'm going to be so specific in the questions I'll be answering and I'm actually told that I shouldn't be."