Dear Senators Grassley and Durbin: 

On behalf of the National Women’s Law Center (the “Law Center”), an organization that has advocated on behalf of women and girls for over fifty years, we write in strong opposition to the nomination of Mr. Jordan Pratt for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. 

Mr. Pratt’s legal record demonstrates both his disregard for binding legal precedent and his zeal for overturning legal protections for abortion and reproductive rights. As a District Judge on the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeals, Mr. Pratt ignored legal precedent to deny a young woman’s petition for waiver of parental notice and consent in order to obtain an abortion, and he went out of his way to reach a result that would strike such waivers as a violation of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Similarly, as Senior Counsel at the First Liberty Institute, Mr. Pratt submitted an amicus brief in support of Florida’s extreme 15-week abortion ban that encouraged the court to ignore longstanding precedent.

Read the full letter here.