Amy Coney Barrett defends US abortion ruling in memoir: ‘respected choice’

Amy Coney Barrett defends US abortion ruling in memoir: ‘respected choice’

Curated from US news | The Guardian — Here’s what matters right now:

Supreme court justice says overturning Roe v Wade respected voters’ will, though polls show majority back abortion rights Amy Coney Barrett, the conservative supreme court justice whose controversial fast-track confirmation at the end of Donald Trump’s first presidency led directly to the panel’s vote to strike down abortion rights nationally, has expressed in a new memoir her belief that the ruling “respected the choice” of the American people. Barrett was paid a $2m advance for her book Listening to the Law, according to CNN, which obtained a copy and published brief extracts on Tuesday, a week before its 9 September publication. Continue reading...

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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian

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