Mike Pence said Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, will be overturned after Donald Trump is elected president in November, Mlive.com reported.
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Mike Pence said Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, will be overturned after Donald Trump is elected president in November, Mlive.com reported.
Answering a question from an audience member during a town hall in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Indiana governor said a Republican win in the fall will lead to changes in the nation’s highest court.
“(I) couldn’t be more proud to be standing shoulder to shoulder with the next pro-life president of the USA,” Pence told the southwest Michigan audience. “I believe we’ll see Roe v. Wade consigned to the ash heap of history where it belongs.”
The immediate balance of the Supreme Court does hang in the balance because Republicans decided earlier this year not to hold hearings for President Barack Obama’s pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, noted The Washington Post.
Scalia, a strong conservative, died in February and Obama nominated U.S. Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland to replace him. The court has had eight justices since Scalia’s death.
it’s possible to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Trump would first have to nominate a conservative Justice to the Supreme Court, and that person would have to make their way through the Senate.
Then, the Justices could re-vote. Or, a constitutional amendment would have to be passed.