Refinery29: Amy Coney Barrett’s Record Reveals Harsh Decisions Surrounding Sexual Assault Survivors

Prior to dodging questions from Republicans and Democrats alike, though, Barrett neglected to disclose anti-abortion speeches she gave as a professor at the University of Notre Dame, as well as a letter she signed calling for the dismantling of Roe v Wade and the criminalization of IVF. Now, as the committee prepares to send her nomination to the Senate floor for a vote, another revelation of Barrett’s past has emerged: her barbaric decision to overturn a ruling in favor of a pregnant rape victim. And once again, Barrett is proving to be an undeniable threat to victims of sexual assault.

“After a 19-year old pregnant prison inmate was repeatedly raped by a prison guard, Amy Coney Barrett ruled that the county responsible for the prison could not be held liable because the sexual assaults fell outside of the guard’s official duties. Her judgment demonstrates a level of unconscionable cruelty that has no place on the high court,” Kyle Herrig, president of the watchdog group Accountable.US, told Salon.