Gorsuch refuses to say whether he’d overturn Roe v. Wade

Published March 21, 2017 2:27pm ET



Judge Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday refused to bite on whether he would look to overturn the Roe v. Wade case granting abortion rights as a Supreme Court justice, but said the case was a precedent that has been repeatedly reaffirmed.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley asked Gorsuch about a series of cases at Tuesday’s hearings on Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination and honed in on Roe v. Wade.

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