In a vote sharply divided along party lines, Judge Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed Monday night as President Trump's third nominee to the Supreme Court.
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7/ If Roe v. Wade were overturned, the legality of abortion would be determined by state legislatures. Ahead of Barrett's confirmation, it's where abortion advocates were beginning to turn their attention, calling statehouses the "last line of defense."https://bit.ly/3k5BCuF
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8/ Many also view Barrett's confirmation as potentially harmful to LGBTQ+ people.
She previously said Title IX didn't justify letting transgender people use restrooms that match their genders.
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9/ Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The group's CEO, Michael Farris, attended Barrett's White House Rose Garden announcement event earlier this month.https://bit.ly/2TySGxn
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10/ Across the nation, LGBTQ+ people are debating fast-tracking major life changes: weddings, gender-confirming medical care, legal name changes. It's all in anticipation of what a 6-3 Supreme Court conservative majority could mean for them.https://bit.ly/30s4J3N
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11/ The SCOTUS will likely have numerous opportunities in the coming years to weigh in on how institutions handle sexual misconduct, as a wave of lawsuits that stemmed from efforts by the Obama administration to prevent sexual assault on colleges wind their way up to the court.
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12/ Advocates for sexual assault survivors worry that Barrett's record could foreshadow rulings that reduce protections for victims of assault by casting misconduct as a personal offense rather than an institutional issue.https://bit.ly/3mmG7lp
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13/13 Amy Coney Barrett has maintained that her personal views won't influence her rulings. More from
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