⁍ Amy Coney Barrett is a federal appeals court judge on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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⁍ She is President Donald Trump’s nominee for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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⁍ Barrett has not ruled directly on abortion as a judge, but has cast votes signaling opposition to rulings that struck down abortion-related restrictions.

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⁍ Abortion rights groups have expressed concern that Barrett could help overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.

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– Amy Coney Barrett is President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, and the Chicago-based 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals judge is “a favorite of religious conservatives,” per Reuters. She has served as a federal appeals court judge since 2017 and is a favorite of Trump’s as well. Here are some of her notable legal opinions: Abortion: Abortion rights groups have expressed concern that Barrett could help overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. She has not ruled directly on abortion as a judge, but she has cast votes signaling opposition to rulings that struck down abortion-related restrictions. In 2016, Indiana passed a law requiring that fetal remains be buried or cremated after an abortion. In 2016, Indiana passed a law requiring that fetal remains be buried or cremated after an abortion. After rulings by trial and appeals court judges found the law violated the constitutional right to an abortion recognized by the Supreme Court, Barrett voted in 2018 in favor of rehearing the case, signaling opposition to rulings against the measure. She was outnumbered on the 7th Circuit, but the Supreme Court later reinstated the Indiana law. In 2019, Barrett voted to rehear a ruling by a three-judge 7th Circuit panel that upheld a challenge to another Republican-backed Indiana abortion law. The Indiana measure would require parents be notified when a girl under 18 is seeking an abortion even in situations in which she has asked a court to provide consent instead of her parents.