WASHINGTON ― The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Wendy Vitter to be a lifetime federal judge, despite outcry from Democrats over her extreme anti-abortion views. The Senate voted 52 to 45 to give Vitter, 58, a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Vitter, who is general counsel to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and the wife of former Sen. David Vitter (R-La. “Planned Parenthood says they promote women’s health,” Vitter said in a 2013 speech in protest of a new Planned Parenthood clinic in New Orleans. She also didn’t disclose this speech to senators in her background materials submitted ahead of her hearing, which is a no-no.

Source: Huffington Post May 16, 2019 19:07 UTC