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Morgan Music

'It Was a Mistake': Pro-Choice Lawmaker Regrets Confirming Anti-Abortion Judge

Pro-choice Senator Angus King (I-MA) admitted he made a "mistake" by voting to confirm a staunchly anti-abortion lawyer to a lifetime federal judgeship.

Josh Divine, 35, was confirmed to the Missouri federal court seat on Tuesday by a narrow, party-line vote in the Republican-controlled Senate. King, who caucuses with Democrats and has long supported abortion rights, was the only non-Republican senator to vote in favor of Divine's confirmation.

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