Augusta, Maine - Maine Democratic Party spokesperson Tommy Garcia released the following statement on Susan Collins voting to confirm Trump-appointed Robert Chamberlin to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi:

"Once again Susan Collins fell in line with Donald Trump's anti-choice agenda and supported another judicial nominee who poses 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."

Robert Chamberlin sponsorednumerous anti-abortion laws while serving in the Mississippi state legislature, including one that bans abortion at conception.

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

• Whitney Hermandorferto the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, who was lead counsel in a case defending Tennessee's total abortion ban.
  
• Maria Lanahanto the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, who defendedMissouri's near-totalabortion ban, and helped authorand argueMissouri's complaint seeking to restrict the use and access to mifepristone, a common medication abortion pill.
  
• Jennifer Mascottto the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, whourged the court to overturn Roe and return it to the "dustbin of history," then praisedthe Dobbs ruling, testifiedin front of the Senate Judiciary Committee defending the Court's decision to leave in place Texas' extreme abortion ban.
  
• William Mercerto the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, who "has repeatedly supported anti-abortion bills."
  
• Chad Meredithto the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, who has been widely observed as staunchly anti-abortion and has even defended abortion restrictionsin Kentucky.
  
• Jordan Prattto the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, who authoredan amicus briefin support of Florida's 15-week abortion ban where he called abortion "barbaric."
  
• Rebecca Taiblesonto the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, who testified that she believed the three-year-old Dobbs decision that gutted federal protections to abortion was "controlling precedent and settled law." In addition to clerking for Brett Kavanaugh, Tabileson testifiedin front of the Senate to defend Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings.
  
• Edmund LaCour, Jr.to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, who as solicitor general for Alabama, defendedan Alabama abortion banthat makes no exceptions for rape or incest, and wrote that life begins at conception. LaCour also argued landmark reproductive rights cases, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, were "illegitimate."
  
• Joshua Dunlapto the U.S Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which includes Maine, who advocated for a "fetal personhood bill" in Maine that would have laid the groundwork for criminalizing abortion care.
  
• Eric Tungto the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, who reportedly has "close ties to the anti-abortion movement," "worked extensively with the architect of Texas' heartbeat bill" and testified during his confirmationhearing he did not believe there was not "a constitutional right to abortion or same-sex marriage.
  
• David Bragdonto the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, who compared abortion to murderand said women "must face the consequences" of unintended pregnancy.
  

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

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