Abortion activist interrupts Sonia Sotomayor hearing: video

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Sonia Sotomayor hearings interrupted by activists

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) More Information on Sonia Sotomayor Norma McCorvey Roe v Wade arrested at Sonia Sotomayor Hearings Abortion activist interrupts Sonia Sotomayor Hearings   Watch Sonia Sotomayor Live Coverage on CNN Sonia Sotomayor: Early Years Sonia Sotomayor: Life at Yale Sonia Sotomayor: Legal Career Beginnings and the Tarzan Murderer Sonia Sotomayor Private Practice The view discusses Sonia Sotomayor: Video For breaking news updates delivered to your Inbox, click "subscribe to email" either above or below this post.

In this video, an abortion activist shouts out while Senator Dianne Feinstein is giving her opening statement during Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing. The abortion rights activist shouted out, “Senator, what about the unborn? Abortion is murder!” This was the first outburst that took place during the week long Senate confirmation hearings that will determine whether Sonia Sotomayor will become the first Latina justice on the United States supreme court.

Patrick Leahy, Judiciary Committee Chairman, quickly called for the removal of the protestor and stated, “Let me make very clear, there will be no outbursts allowed in this committee either for or against the nominee, either for or against any positions Senator Sessions or I may have.