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| Sarah Pitlyk Credit: Thomas More Society |
Donald Trump nominated Pitlyk for the judgeship in August due to her strong pro-life record. She worked in the Thomas More Society, fought various pro-abortion laws and even served as part of the defense team for David Daleiden in the recent case in which he was accused of breaking privacy law by recording undercover footage exposing Planned Parenthood for selling human body parts.
Senator Susan Collins of Maine was the only Republican who voted against Pitlyk's nomination. She argued that Pitlyk "does not have sufficient experience to receive a federal district court appointment." She further argued that her advocacy made her unfit because Pitlyk would be more likely to follow her pro-life beliefs than the "precedent" of Roe v. Wade.
Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannenfelser defended Pitlyk's nomination: “Pitlyk is a graduate of Boston College, summa cum laude. She earned two master’s degrees — one from Georgetown University, and another from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, where she studied under a prestigious Fulbright scholarship and graduated magna cum laude — before proceeding to Yale Law School...The idea Pitlyk is some callow amateur is ludicrous.”
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