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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Richard Luscombe

Nancy Pelosi: supreme court ‘dangerous to families and to freedoms’

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi leads an event on the Capitol steps with House Democrats after the Senate failed to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, on Friday.
The speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, leads an event on the Capitol steps with House Democrats after the Senate failed to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, on Friday. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

The supreme court is “dangerous to families and to freedoms in our country”, Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday, as justices prepare to finalize a draft ruling stripping almost half a century of abortion rights in the US.

The House speaker railed against conservative judges appointed by former president Donald Trump in an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, in which she urged Democrats to keep their “eye on the ball” to protect other freedoms she sees as under threat.

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