Anti-Abortion Groups Gear Up to Fight Sotomayor

By Jacqueline L. Salmon

Groups opposed to legalized abortion had already been aiming at Judge Sonia Sotomayor as one of President Obama's likely Supreme Court nominees, and now that her nomination is official, they still don't like what they see.

Americans United for Life, one of the nation's oldest anti-abortion groups, has been conducting opposition research on her since her name surfaced.

This morning, AUL was one of the first such groups out of the blocks with reaction to news of her nomination. AUL president Charmaine Yoest blasted the choice, saying it nixed any possibility of finding "common ground" on the abortion issue, a goal of Obama and a number of progressive religious groups.

"For all the President's talk of finding 'common ground,' this appointment completely contradicts that hollow promise. She believes the role of the Court is to set policy which is exactly the philosophy that led to the Supreme Court turning into the 'National Abortion Control Board...'"

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