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May 17, 2019

Senate Confirms Anti-Choice Activist Wendy Vitter as a Federal Judge
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The U.S. Senate has confirmed Louisiana lawyer Wendy Vitter as a federal
district court judge. Vitter has spoken frequently at anti-abortion
rallies and has worked for years to defund Planned Parenthood; she once
told the New Orleans Clarion Herald that Planned Parenthood "kills over
150,000 females a year." Vitter has also falsely linked abortions to
breast cancer.


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