Judge Kavanaugh’s Record is at Odds with Sen. Murkowski’s Promises to Protect People with Pre-existing Conditions and Women’s Health
After President Trump announced he would nominate Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Senator Lisa Murkowski assured constituents that she would hold him to a “rigorous and exacting” review. However, Sen. Murkowski is avoiding the fact that Kavanaugh stands in stark opposition to the commitments she made to her constituents — namely, to ensure protections for people with pre-existing conditions continue, protect access to birth control, and defend access to safe and legal abortion:
| Sen. Lisa Murkowski | Brett Kavanaugh | |
| On Pre-Existing Conditions: | Murkowski: “We must continue to prohibit insurers from discriminating against pre-existing conditions.” | Last year, Kavanaugh criticized Chief Justice Roberts for upholding the ACA, which protects people with pre-existing conditions. |
| On Access To Birth Control: | In 2014, Sen. Murkowski was one of only three Republicans who voted to ban employers from denying their employees access to birth control coverage. | In 2015, Kavanuagh sided with employers over women, arguing that they be able to deny women coverage for birth control. |
| On Safe And Legal Abortion: | Murkowski: “I recognize that the Supreme Court, through Roe v. Wade, has said that a woman has the right, that reproductive right, to choose, and I have supported that.” | In 2017, Kavanaugh tried to force a young woman to continue a pregnancy against her will. |