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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Pro-lifers and pro-abortion activists faced off outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on Monday as the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee kicked off its first day of confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The Washington Examiner reported that “[p]ro-abortion advocates carried signs that read ‘Confirm KBJ’ and ‘Reproductive Freedom For All,’” and pro-lifers held signs reading “NOT TODAY KBJ” and shouted, “Abortion harms women.”
Biden’s Supreme Court pick, a Harvard graduate and former Barack Obama-appointed U.S. District Court judge for the District of Columbia, is expected to side with the Court’s liberals against future pro-life legislation if confirmed.
Abortion protesters on both sides of the aisle clashed outside the Supreme Court on Monday as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Monday’s hearing began at 11 a.m. with opening statements from all 22 lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee panel.
During Judge Jackson’s opening statement, she expressed gratitude for being nominated for the role and
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