Barrett, Nearing Confirmation, Lauded as ‘Unashamedly Pro-Life’

Amy Coney Barrett would make history on the U.S. Supreme Court as a conservative, “unashamedly pro-life” woman, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said, as Democrats tried for a second day to pin down how she would handle cases on abortion, voting rights and the Affordable Care Act.

Barrett, who is on track to be confirmed before Americans choose the next president on Nov. 3, continued to sidestep questions about how she would vote in cases likely to come before the court. But she said she wasn’t calling for the court to adopt a more aggressive approach toward ...