THREE YEARS OF SUSAN COLLINS’ ABORTION BANS

It’s been three years since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade — a direct consequence of Susan Collins’ decisive vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Now, the threat of restrictions on women’s ability to make their own health care decisions still looms in Maine as states across the country continue to ban abortion and courts try to limit and restrict the use of abortion medication like Mifepristone nationwide.

Make no mistake: the overturn of Roe falls squarely on Susan Collins' shoulders.

MAINERS WON'T FORGET

CNN Newspaper article rip that states: Susan Collins just made Brett Kavanaugh a Supreme Court justice

Susan Collins is responsible for abortion bans nationwide, after she cast the decisive vote for the judges that overturned Roe v. Wade and voted against a bill to restore it.

Collins voted for the confirmations of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court justices – who were later deciding votes to overturn Roe v Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling. [PN55, Vote 111, 4/7/17] [PN2259, Vote 223, 10/6/18]
Then, Collins refused to stand up for Maine women when she voted against the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have restored Roe v. Wade as the law of the land. [H.R.3755, Vote 65, 2/28/22]

COLLINS-CONFIRMED JUDGES RULE TO RESTRICT ABORTION MEDICATION, UPHOLD NEAR-TOTAL ABORTION BANS

Collins has a long history of supporting anti-choice judges who are actively stripping rights away from women.

Collins voted to confirm a Trump-appointed judge who has argued that Mifepristone should be restricted and its FDA approval should be invalidated – even though the drug has been safely used under FDA approval for 23 years. [CBS News, 8/16/23]
Collins voted to confirm multiple Trump-appointed judges who later upheld statewide abortion bans in Texas and Idaho.
- Collins-confirmed Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan of the Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals voted to uphold Texas’s abortion ban in 2020 and in 2022 voted to turn away arguments from Texas abortion clinics arguing against a Texas law that allowed private individuals to sue abortion providers and collect bounties of $10,000 or more, which dramatically limited the number of abortions in the state. [PN1410, Vote 82, 4/24/18] [Maine Beacon, 4/10/20] [Politico, 1/17/22]
- Collins-confirmed Judge Bridget Bade and Collins-confirmed Judge Kenneth Lee, both of The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals, joined a ruling in 2023 allowing Idaho to enforce its “near-total” ban on abortion, dismissing arguments from the federal government that the law would discourage physicians from providing life-saving treatment in medical emergencies. [PN213, Vote 51, 3/26/19] [PN373, Vote 110, 5/15/19] [Politico, 9/28/23]

THREE YEARS OF ABORTION BANS LATER – MAINERS REMEMBER

They know that Susan Collins is responsible for killing Roe v. Wade and the Republican attacks on reproductive rights in Maine and nationwide.