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Cornelia Pillard

Obama Nominee for Judge Says Abortion Frees Women From "Conscription Into Maternity"

The United States Senate Judiciary Committee will vote this week on President Obama's nomination of Cornelia Pillard to the court that many consider the second-most powerful and important in the land, the Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit. Of President Obama's judicial nominees who have exhibited hostility towards unborn children, perhaps none is as flagrant, or as out-of-touch, as Cornelia Pillard. In a 2007 law review article, Pillard wrote that "[r]eproductive rights, including the rights to contraception and abortion, play a central role in freeing women from historically routine conscription into maternity" (Emphasis added). She believes there is an "equal protection" right to abortion-a position never adopted by the United States Supreme Court. Ref. Source 2

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Senate Panel OKs Obama Judge Who Said Abortion Frees Women From "Conscription Into Maternity"

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved pro-abortion Cornelia Pillard, a law professor President Barack Obama selected for an appointment to the most important appeals court in the nation.

Pillard has written some pretty outlandish things - but Senate Republicans are hoping circuit court opinions won't be added to the list. The President's pick for the D.C. Circuit Court, one of the most liberal ever nominated, left plenty of Senators scratching their heads at her July Judiciary hearing. Ref. Source 5

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Senate Fails to Stop Filibuster of Obama Judge Who Said Abortion "Frees Women"

The U.S. Senate today failed to stop a Republican filibuster against pro-abortion Cornelia Pillard, a law professor President Barack Obama selected for an appointment to the most important appeals court in the nation.

Obama"[s pick for the D.C. Circuit Court, who is one of the most pro-abortion ever nominated, saw senators vote 56-41 to invoke cloture on her nomination and proceed to a vote. Short of the 60 votes needed, Democrats were unable to stop the Republican filibuster against the abortion advocate. Ref. Source 2

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Senate Democrats Approve Obama Judge Who Said Abortion "Frees Women"

The U.S. Senate today approved to a prominent federal court pro-abortion Cornelia Pillard, a law professor President Barack Obama selected for an appointment to the most important appeals court in the nation.

Obama's pick for the D.C. Circuit Court, who is one of the most pro-abortion ever nominated, previously was a filibuster victim, but that changed when Senate Democrats unilaterally changed the filibuster rules to prevent pro-life Republicans from blocking such judges. Ref. Source 1