Pro-Life Candidates Elected to Serve on State Supreme Courts

CV NEWS FEED // As the dust settles following Election Day, results show that voters in various states elected state Supreme Court judges whom pro-life groups supported.

In Texas, three state Supreme Court judges were reelected for a six-year term: Jimmy Blacklock, John Devine, and Jane Bland, according to The Texan. Texas Right to Life Committee and Texas Alliance for Life both endorsed Blacklock in January of this year, according to VoteSmart. Texas Alliance for Life endorsed Devine and Bland as well, VoteSmart reports.

In Ohio, three Republican state Supreme Court candidates were elected: Megan Shanahan, Dan Hawkins, and incumbent Justice Joseph Deters, according to the Ohio Capital Journal. Greater Cincinnati Right to Life endorsed Shanahan in 2016, according to guides.vote. The Ohio Right to Life Board of Trustees endorsed Shanahan, Hawkins, and Deters for state Supreme Court justice in August.

President of Ohio Right to Life Mike Gonidakis said, “Ohio Right to Life is proud to strongly recommend [them.]” 

In Arizona, voters reelected several justices who have previously at least sometimes defended unborn life.  Arizona voters reelected state Supreme Court Judges Kathyrn King and Clint Bolick, according to the Arizona Capitol Times.

In April, King and Bolick voted in favor of upholding a longstanding pro-life state law, and the Court’s ruling effectively banned all abortion in the state, as CatholicVote previously reported. In May, however, state legislators and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs repealed the law, expanding abortion in the state up to 15 weeks. 

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