Collins Confirms Two More Anti-Choice Judges

Augusta, Maine - Maine Democratic Party spokesperson Tommy Garcia released the following statement on Susan Collins voting to confirm Trump-appointed William Mercer to the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana and Chad Meredith to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky:

"Susan Collins continues to be a loyal vote for Trump's anti-choice agenda. She is supporting judicial nominees who pose a clear threat to women's reproductive freedom, just like when she cast the pivotal vote to confirm Justice Kavanaugh that led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Voters will remember Collins' record, and vote her out in 2026."

One nominee Collins just voted to confirm this week, William Mercer, "has repeatedly supported anti-abortion bills." And another, Chad Meredith, has been widely observed as staunchly anti-abortion and has even defended abortion restrictions in Kentucky.

Here is a list of some of the anti-choice judges Collins has backed in the past few months alone:

• Whitney Hermandorfer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, who was lead counsel in a case defending Tennessee's total abortion ban.
  

• Maria Lanahan to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, who defended Missouri's near-total abortion ban, and helped author and argue Missouri's complaint seeking to restrict the use and access to mifepristone, a common medication abortion pill.
  

• Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, who urged the court to overturn Roe and return it to the "dustbin of history," then praised the Dobbs ruling, testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee defending the Court's decision to leave in place Texas' extreme abortion ban.
  

• And Collins has already affirmed her support for Joshua Dunlap to the U.S Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which includes Maine - despite Mainers calling on her to oppose his nomination due to his support for a "fetal personhood bill" in Maine that would have laid the groundwork for criminalizing abortion care.

To see more about Collins' role in overturning Roe and her continued backing of anti-abortion judges at CollinsDoomedRoe.com.

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