john,

Here’s what I said about Matthew Kacsmaryk — the Trump-appointed judge who could order a nationwide ban on medication abortion — back when I voted against his confirmation in 2019:

Tweet from Tina Smith on June 18, 2019, saying Matthew Kacsmaryk’s anti-choice and homophobic comments tell us that his personal bias makes him unable to uphold precedent as a federal judge. His nomination is a threat to reproductive justice and LGBTQ+ rights - both of which have precedent in settled law - and I’m voting no.

Since his confirmation, he’s proven himself as an activist willing to use the courts to further his own far-right agenda.

He has delivered rulings that have upheld Trump’s immigration policies, struck down guidelines that protected transgender people in the workplace, and is taking up a case brought forth by COVID conspiracy theorists.

Judge Kacsmaryk’s ruling on banning medication abortion could come as soon as this Friday.

I introduced the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act so that activist judges couldn’t impose their right-wing, anti-abortion ideology on the millions of women who deserve their fundamental right to choose when and how to have a family.

We’ve got to come together now and raise hell to stop this activist judge and protect reproductive freedom.

john, add your name alongside mine to become a citizen co-sponsor of the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act and demand Congress pass this bill as soon as possible.

SIGN ON

I’m not backing down in this fight. Thank you for standing with me.

Tina