Dobbs Lawyer Says She’d Apply Abortion Ruling as US Judge (1)

The lawyer who represented the Mississippi abortion clinic in the US Supreme Court case that overturned the constitutional right to abortion told lawmakers that she would follow the decision if confirmed to a federal appellate seat.

“I want to be clear that I will apply Dobbs faithfully,” Julie Rikelman said at Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing when asked about the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, that was decided in June.

“Our legal system and the rule of law itself depends on lower courts following Supreme Court precedent and as you said Dobbs is now the law of the land ...