I think this ‘is she pro-life’ stuff is nothing more than a political stunt created by Dims to quell any possible Republican rebellion against her. There’s no way The Zero would appoint a pro-life justice. This issue is a fake, a diversion.
I second that.
I do too and I think it may have been Rush's ploy to reverse it on them. Imagine a news story about "a close friend" that swears she's pro-life, and it was made credible by the SRM (State Run Media - Rush's excellent enhancement on MSM). Diane Feinstein would vote for machine gun rights before confirming her, if she thought that there was a possibility of it.
She came out, she affirmed that there should not be US funds for international abortions.
I dunno...
Defeating Sotomayor would be a boost to 0bama, who could then justify installing an even more radical Justice for her replacement.
Moreover, Sotomayor ruled in favor of Reagan and Bush’s Mexico City anti-abortion policy...one of her only rulings on abortion.
It’s also worth remembering that Sotomayor was first appointed by Bush, Sr. who, although he certainly made judicial mistakes, also gave some conservative vetting of her.