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===Probably would NOT be pro-life on the Supreme Court===
 
===Probably would NOT be pro-life on the Supreme Court===
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*Neil Gorsuch:
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::wrote about abortion using the terminology of the pro-abortion side, without ever referring to the "unborn child"; he has avoided mentioning abortion as a judge but has favorably cited the Blackmun decision that gave abortionists legal standing to challenge pro-life laws; and while religious beliefs are not a test for public office, Gorsuch's Episcopalian church has declared its "unequivocal opposition" to pro-life laws and he has said nothing publicly pro-life
 
*Raymond Kethledge:
 
*Raymond Kethledge:
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::joined a decision that favorably cited a precedent that censored a pro-life advertisement
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::joined a decision that favorably cited a precedent censoring a pro-life advertisement, and held against allowing a [[Christian]] advertisement too
 
*Allison Eid:
 
*Allison Eid:
 
::unusually silent on abortion; she tersely dissented from a denial of cert. before the Colorado Sup. Ct. in a challenge to an injunction against abortion protesters, initially on only the limited grounds of the length of the injunction and then later only on free speech grounds
 
::unusually silent on abortion; she tersely dissented from a denial of cert. before the Colorado Sup. Ct. in a challenge to an injunction against abortion protesters, initially on only the limited grounds of the length of the injunction and then later only on free speech grounds
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*Neil Gorsuch:
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::unusual, persistent silence on abortion throughout law school and as a judge, yet repeatedly cited the Blackmun decision that gave abortionists legal standing to challenge pro-life laws
      
===== Example: Judge Steven Colloton is not pro-life =====
 
===== Example: Judge Steven Colloton is not pro-life =====
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