What Women Need to Know About Amy Coney Barrett, Nominated to Replace RBG

Ruth Bader Ginsburg left big shoes to fill, even though, literally, her feet were tiny like the rest of her. While we are happy that another woman of experience could get a voice on the Supreme Court, we are worried that some of Amy Coney Barrett's views could set back the progress women have achieved over the past 50 years, particularly with reproductive rights. It would be heartbreaking and darkly ironic if it was a woman who put the nail in the coffin of Roe v. Wade.

While we believe Barrett's nomination is the most craven and hypocritical act by Republican senators (after denying Merritt Garland's nomination in 2016) that we've witnessed in four years of profound cowardliness and hypocrisy, we do recognize that there's a very good chance this 48-year-old will be sitting on the High Court very soon and shaping our country's direction on immigration, health care, and much more. So we need to know more about her, and give her the personal respect any of us would want if we were thrust into the middle of a national political firestorm.