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Susan Collins Gambles With the Future of<em> Roe v. Wade</em>

The senator said she will vote to confirm the judge in part because she thinks abortion rights in America are safe.
Source: Mana Rabiee / Reuters

In a long speech on the Senate floor Friday afternoon, Senator Susan Collins said she believes that Brett Kavanaugh would not vote to overturn and subsequent cases that have reaffirmed it, if such an opportunity were to come before him on the Supreme Court. The Maine Republican has been closely watched as a potential swing voter, largely because she supports abortion rights: In July, that she would not support a nominee who “demonstrated hostility” to , the decision that established the constitutional right to

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