UPDATE: Republicans have voted to advance Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination despite Democrats boycotting the vote.
A full Senate vote is expected Monday.
It's normal for SCOTUS nominees to decline questions, but noteworthy that Barrett has declined questions that other Justices were comfortable answering, specifically reproductive issues like birth control.
On Griswold v CT:
Roberts: “I agree with the Griswold court’s conclusion...”
Thomas: “I believe the approach that Justice Harlan took in Poe v Ullman & reaffirmed again in Griswold... was the appropriate way to go.”
Barrett: “I cant express a view.”
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- HEK 293T cells are a cell line originally derived from the kidney tissue of a fetus aborted in the Netherlands in the 1970s.
- Those cells are used to test potency. They don't end up in the final product, but they're a part of the testing process.
Per Regeneron:
The cells "were used in testing the antibody candidates' ability to neutralize the virus" and helped researchers "determine the 'best' two antibodies, which now make up the REGN-COV2 cocktail."
I'm looking into everything the candidates have to say about abortion rights, women's health and if the moderator #askaboutabortion. Follow along on this thread 👇👇👇
First topic is Supreme Court! I imagine we'll be getting to Roe v Wade sooner than later! Buckle up!
Biden says Roe v Wade is "at stake right now."
President appears to reject that, saying that we don't know how Amy Coney Barrett feels about Roe v. Wade and that abortion isn't on the ballot.
Full comment:
“When we talk about third trimester abortions … it’s done in cases where there may be severe deformities, there may be a fetus that is non-viable. If a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen. The infant would be delivered....
... The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.”
In the past month I spoke to dozens of Black families to find out why they weren't comfortable with in-person learning.
This was the common thread:
Black families have been given a lot of reasons not to trust the system. Why would they trust it now?
From one mom:
"Black moms don't really feel heard. We haven't been given a lot of reason to trust the system. Why would we trust it now, and with our most precious thing: our child."