President Obama forcefully stated his desire to nominate a Supreme Court candidate who supports abortion rights, saying Wednesday that it is “very important” to have a justice who interprets the Constitution as protecting individual rights, including women’s.
Obama was careful to say that he would impose no litmus test on potential nominees. But he made it clear during a meeting with Senate leaders that he would take into account a candidate’s views on the constitutionality of abortion. Asked whether he would consider someone who opposes abortion rights, Obama replied: “I am somebody who believes that women should have the ability to make often very difficult decisions about their own bodies and issues of reproduction.”
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