To: Sen. Whitehouse
Urge Sen. Whitehouse to Reconsider his Support for Michael Boggs
NARAL Pro-Choice America
Dear Sen. Whitehouse
I'm so disappointed that you've decided to support the judicial nomination of Michael Boggs. His anti-choice, anti-LGBT, anti-civil rights record proves he has no place for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench.
You can still do the right thing. Reconsider this nominee's troubling record and oppose this nomination.
Why is this important?
There’s a judicial nominee who would be a huge threat to reproductive rights if he’s confirmed: Michael Boggs. And your U.S. senator, Sheldon Whitehouse, said he's going to support his nomination.
Sen. Whitehouse has gone out on a limb opposing judicial nominees because of their hostility to reproductive rights in the past. He should have been one of the first senators speaking up against Boggs’ nomination – but instead, he’s the first pro-choice senator to support Boggs.
Boggs isn’t just bad on women’s health. He’s supported legislation to retain the Confederate battle emblem on the Georgia state flag and a bill to block same-sex couples from getting the right to marry the person they love. Boggs’ record stands as a troubling statement of his values—values extremely out of step with the vast majority of Americans.
We can’t let Boggs get confirmed and sign off on laws that will take away our reproductive freedom. If enough Rhode Islanders overwhelm Sen. Whitehouse’s office with emails and calls, we can send a message that he made a huge mistake and get him to reconsider.