Dear Chair Grassley, Ranking Member Durbin, and Committee Members: 

We, the undersigned 37 reproductive freedom, civil rights, healthcare, and public interest organizations, write to express our strong concerns regarding President Trump’s continued pattern of selecting judicial nominees who have undermined reproductive freedoms and subverted voting rights.

Among the batch of 13 judicial nominees President Trump nominated just this August, more than half have concerning records on either abortion, voting rights, or both:

Judge Lee Rudofsky (8th Cir.), Zach West (E.D. Okla.), Jesus Osete (W.D. Mo.), Phil Axt (D.N.D.), Judge Robert Long (M.D. Fla.), Judge Daniel Ballou (E.D. Ky.), Samuel Adkisson (E.D. Tenn.), and Trevor Pemberton (N.D. Okla.).

These judicial appointments will serve lifetime positions on the federal bench and can continue to enforce President Trump’s anti-abortion and anti-democratic agenda long after he is no longer in office. Individuals with concerning records on reproductive freedom and voting rights should not be in the position to make consequential rulings on these issues. They must not get a free pass on these critical issues that will continue to affect our lives and determine our rights for decades to come. Read the full letter linked here.

National Women’s Law Center

Advocates for Youth
Alliance for Justice
American Atheists
Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues
Court Accountability Action
Defend Public Health
Doctors for America
Feminist Majority Foundation
FFRF Action Fund
Indivisible
Justice + Joy National Collaborative
Lambda Legal
Lawyers for Good Government
Legal Momentum, the Women’s Legal Defense & Education Fund
National Abortion Federation
National Council of Jewish Women
National Health Law Program
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice
National Network of Abortion Funds
National Organization for Women
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Women’s Political Caucus
People For the American Way
People Power United
Physicians for Reproductive Health
Positive Women’s Network-USA
Pregnancy Justice
Reproductive Freedom for All
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
True North Research
Union for Reform Judaism
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
Voices of Health Care Action
Women Lawyers On Guard Action Network
Women of Reform Judaism
Women’s March