Susan Collins Doesn't Regret Killing Roe. Maine's About to Make Her Pay

In 2018, Susan Collins cast a deciding vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh — and personally assured Maine that he considered Roe v. Wade "settled law." Four years later, Kavanaugh joined the majority that overturned it.

Asked this week if she regrets the vote, Collins said no — only that she's "disappointed." Meanwhile, researchers have linked abortion-ban states to 478 excess infant deaths since Dobbs.

Now Collins faces the toughest re-election of her career against Graham Platner, a Marine combat veteran and oyster farmer who buried the Democratic establishment's pick 72–19 and currently leads Collins in the polls. Here's the breakdown.

SOURCES:

The New York Times "Susan Collins Laments Roe's Fall but Doesn't 'Regret' Confirming Kavanaugh"

NewsCenter Maine — "Sen. Collins again defends her vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh":

UMass Lowell "Maine PollPlatner Holds Slight Lead over Collins in U.S. Senate Race"

WGME "Gov. Mills says she never dropped out of Senate race and is still on primary ballot"

Population Reference Bureau "Abortion Bans Linked to Sharp Rise in Sepsis, Infant Death, and PregnancyAssociated Death"

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