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President Bush had nominated Judge Southwick on June 9, 2006 to fill a district court vacancy, but the full Senate failed to vote on his nomination during the 109th Congress and it was returned to the President when that Congress ended its session in December 2006.

President Bush had nominated Judge Southwick on June 9, 2006 to fill a district court vacancy, but the full Senate failed to vote on his nomination during the 109th Congress and it was returned to the President when that Congress ended its session in December 2006.

In 2005, Judge Southwick served in Iraq as a member of the Mississippi National Guard’s 155th Brigade Combat Team. While on active duty, he served as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate from August 2004 to July 2005 and then as Staff Judge Advocate from July to January 2006. From 1992 to 1997, he served as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps in the U.S. Army Reserves.

In 2005, Judge Southwick served in [[Iraq]] as a member of the Mississippi National Guard’s 155th Brigade Combat Team. While on active duty, he served as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate from August 2004 to July 2005 and then as Staff Judge Advocate from July to January 2006. From 1992 to 1997, he served as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps in the U.S. Army Reserves.

== [[Abortion]] Groups' Opposition to Judge Southwick ==

== [[Abortion]] Groups' Opposition to Judge Southwick ==

*[[Sam Alito]]

*[[Sam Alito]]

*[[John Roberts]]

*[[John Roberts]]

*Charles Pickering

*[[Charles Pickering]]

*Brett Kavanaugh

*[[Brett Kavanaugh]]

*Bill Pryor

*[[Bill Pryor]]

Judge Southwick upheld a conviction of a mother as an "accessory after the fact" in procuring an [[abortion]] for her underage daughter for a pregnancy that resulted from her statutory rape by her husband, who was not the girl's natural father.<ref>''Sherron v. Mississippi'', 2006 Miss. App. LEXIS 832 (Ct. App. Nov. 7, 2006)</ref>  The legal theory for the conviction was that the mother concealed the crime of sex abuse by procuring an [[abortion]] to conceal the result of that sex.  Mississippi law requires parental consent for a minor's abortion, which the mother provided and for which she was later convicted.

Judge Southwick upheld a conviction of a mother as an "accessory after the fact" in procuring an [[abortion]] for her underage daughter for a pregnancy that resulted from her statutory rape by her husband, who was not the girl's natural father.<ref>''Sherron v. Mississippi'', 2006 Miss. App. LEXIS 832 (Ct. App. Nov. 7, 2006)</ref>  The legal theory for the conviction was that the mother concealed the crime of sex abuse by procuring an [[abortion]] to conceal the result of that sex.  Mississippi law requires parental consent for a minor's abortion, which the mother provided and for which she was later convicted.

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