Pro-Choicers Are Sending Coat Hangers to Sen. Susan Collins

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/coat-hangers-susan-collins/

Pro-Choicers Are Sending Coat Hangers to Sen. Susan Collins
The Maine Republican reportedly won’t weigh Supreme Court nominees’ position on Roe v. Wade.
Rowan Walrath
Jun. 29, 2018 5:51 PM


With President Donald Trump poised to nominate a new Supreme Court justice in the wake of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, all eyes are on senators such as Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins, who is considered a critical vote in the confirmation process. Today, the moderate Republican came under fire after an article in Maine’s Portland Press Herald reported that the she “won’t factor a nominee’s support for the landmark abortion-rights ruling of Roe v. Wade into her confirmation decision.” Collins’ spokeswoman Annie Clark told the paper that “Senator Collins does not apply ideological litmus tests to nominees.”

Some have interpreted Collins’ noncommittal stance as a potential threat to Roe v. Wade, which experts believe a more conservative Supreme Court lineup could overturn. In response, Twitter users have posted photos showing that they’re sending metal coat hangers—a symbol of the pro-choice movement that evokes the dangers of illegal abortions—to Sen. Collins’ offices in Washington, DC, and Maine. More have started using the hashtag #HangersForCollins.

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[BigmanPigman]

1. What about Murkowski?

[tavernier]

2. Two days ago she said that it was so unfair what happened to

Obama’s nominee for SCOTUS and said she hoped that dems wouldn’t make the same mistake with Rump nominee.

Are we that easy to fool that even this ninny can actually think she can say something so offensive and bold and we will swallow it whole?

[Funtatlaguy]

3. People dressed as coat hangars should follow them everywhere

[Solly Mack]

4. My rights are not some "ideological litmus test". They're rights.

[still_one]

5. I applaud them, but based on Collins actions on the ACA with McConnell, and her recent statements

regarding as a compromise for the family separation to "consider building the wall"

I wouldn't count on it.

I believe her term is up in 2020, and if she decides to run I hope she is challenged, so the question remains, will she listen to her constituents?