Biden Nominates Abortion Rights Lawyer To Federal Court

An abortion rights advocate is being elevated by the president after she challenged abortion restrictions at the Supreme Court.

The cases in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico are covered by the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining the Center for Reproductive Rights, Rikelman was the vice president of litigation at NBC/Universal and a clerk for federal appeals and Alaska Supreme Court judges.

Rikelman successfully challenged abortion restrictions in Louisiana in the Supreme Court case June Medical Services v.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals is located in New York.

The president had come under fire from Democrats for planning to appoint a conservative attorney to the federal bench who had defended abortion restrictions in Kentucky. Emails show that the White House told Democrats in Kentucky of the president's intent to nominate Meredith on the same day that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of abortion rights. The nominee was removed after Sen. Paul objected.

Even as he faces criticism from the left for not moving faster before Republicans regain control of the Senate, Vice President Biden has made more than 100 judicial nominations since taking office, more than any other president. The president signed an executive order directing resources towards reproductive rights, and the Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidelines directing medical providers to provide abortions whenever medically necessary, as a result of the Supreme Court's abortion ruling. It is important for abortion rights advocates to have sympathetic judges in federal courts because of the court's ruling. The legality of banning abortion pills, whether birth control can be challenged under abortion restrictions, and if Americans can be prosecuted for crossing state lines to get an abortion are some of the legal questions that are expected to arise from the wave of new restrictions.

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