Planned Parenthood Statement on Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland
For Immediate Release: March 16, 2016
Washington. DC -- Planned Parenthood Action Fund released the following statement today on news that the President will nominate Judge Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left behind by Justice Antonin Scalia.
Statement from Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Action Fund:
“Judge Garland is an intelligent, highly accomplished judge who has secured bipartisan support in his previous appointments. Now that the President has upheld his constitutional duty, it is time for the Senate to uphold theirs. The American people deserve a full court and a justice appointed by the President they elected for four years — not three. It is time for the Senate to do their job and give Judge Garland a fair hearing and up or down vote.”