Topline As the third day of Senate hearings on President Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, had Republicans praising her reported pro-life personal beliefs Wednesday, dozens of elected prosecutors and attorneys general from across the nation issued a joint statement that they will not criminalize abortion even if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the … [+] third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Getty Images Key Facts In the letter, 64 prosecutors—which range from local prosecutors to state attorneys general—are clear that they will not prosecute people who elect to have an abortion or the doctors who carry out the procedure, “even if the protections of Roe v. Wade were to be eroded or overturned,” the letter reads. The prosecutors specifically took aim at states like Idaho and Utah, which are the most recent to pass “trigger laws” that would automatically ban most abortions in the case that Roe v. Wade were overturned or if abortion rights were restricted by a future constitutional amendm… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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