Her decisions could affect literally hundreds of millions of people. Is the chance worth it?
“Rush said he might accept her if she’s pro-life. What if it never comes up while she’s there?”
That being said, there is no chance in hell that Sonia Sotomayor would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade or even in favor of restrictions on abortion. How do I know that? Because she was nominated by Obama. While GOP presidents are so concerned with not asking improper questions and thus often screw up and nominate judges that are secretly liberal, Democrats *do not* make mistakes of that nature. The last non-liberal Justice to sneak past a Democrat president was Byron White, back in 1962 or so (he was nominated by Kennedy).
If it walks likes a duck, quacks like a duck, has a flat bill, webbed feet, feathers, wings, and every outward attribute of a duck, and a gizzard inside, then it's a Duck. And if by some freak of nature it is also pro-life, then it's a dead duck in the committee.