There is disinformation out there claiming that Clinton nominees, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, refused to answer right-to-privacy questions in their Senate confirmation hearings. Both answered some questions, and refused others. But in Ginsburg's confirmation, she clearly told senators she favored a right to abortion (and the Equal Rights Amendment). The right, she stressed, should be grounded in a constitutional right to privacy and in the 14th Amendment's "equal protection" clause. (For more, see "Ginsburg Hearings Provide Some Insight Into Judge's Ideals," Christian Science Monitor, July 26, 1993). Also, Breyer testified openly about his thinking on privacy rights. For more on that, see "Breyer Charts Moderate Course to High Court," The National Law Journal, July 25, 1994.

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