President Donald Trump has put reproductive rights, freedoms, and healthcare protections "for millions of Americans on the judicial chopping block" in nominating Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stated Monday night.
"If Americans believe in a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices, and that health insurance companies shouldn't be able to charge people more based on preexisting conditions, now is the time to fight," Schumer said in a statement. "I'm calling on all Americans from all walks of life to make their voices heard from now until the end of this battle.
"I will oppose Judge Kavanaugh's nomination with everything I have, and I hope a bipartisan majority will do the same," he added. "The stakes are simply too high for anything less."
GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis also slammed Trump's pick, calling Kavanaugh, "an ideologically driven pick designed to create an activist SCOTUS that will undermine rights and protections for women, LGBTQ people, immigrants, and all vulnerable people. Americans do not want or need 40 more years of Trump's values."
Many pro-choice organizations said Americans deserve better.
"On the Supreme Court, America's women and families need and deserve a fair-minded justice who values equality and justice for ALL. That's not Brett Kavanaugh," wrote The National Partnership for Women and Families.
"#RoevWade is at stake," wrote EMILY's List. "We have to take back the Senate so Democrats have approval over Trump's nominees."
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