What conservative justices said -- and didn't say -- about Roe at their confirmations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : "The Supreme Court has recognized the right to abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade case.
40% :During his confirmation hearing in 1991, Thomas refused to state an opinion on abortion or whether Roe had been properly decided.
39% : For decades, nominees to the Supreme Court have had to answer questions about Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling guaranteeing the right to abortion in the U.S., which now appears to be on the brink of being overturned.
13% : "Judges can't just wake up one day and say I have an agenda -- I like guns, I hate guns, I like abortion, I hate abortion -- and walk in like a royal queen and impose their will on the world," Barrett said in response to a question about District of Columbia v. Heller, a landmark Second Amendment ruling.

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