Bush nominees who oppose abortion will get fair hearing, says Specter [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Bush nominees who oppose abortion will get fair hearing, says Specter
JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press Writer

Sunday, November 7, 2004

(11-07) 11:50 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

Insisting he has no litmus test, the Republican in line to head the Senate Judiciary Committee pledged Sunday not to stall President Bush's judicial nominees, even if the prospective judges oppose abortion rights.

The White House expressed confidence its choices would get a fair hearing.

Sen. Arlen Specter, a moderate from Pennsylvania who backs abortion rights, said he has supported judicial nominees in the past who do not agree with the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

"The fact is that I have supported all of President Bush's nominees in committee and on the floor. I have never applied a litmus test," Specter said on CBS' "Face the Nation."
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