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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about how early a fetus can be viable outside the womb as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its Supreme Court confirmation hearings March 23.

"Senator, I'm not a biologist. I haven’t studied this," Jackson said when Cornyn pressed her about whether or not a fetus could survive after 20 weeks of gestation.

Jackson did offer insights about well-established judicial tests and standards when discerning regulations “over the right of a woman to terminate their pregnancy.”

Cornyn countered Jackson's response, pointing out that the U.S. Constitution does not explicitly lay out rights to abortion or marriage.

"The limitations are about whether and to what extent the government can regulate the right" to a person's decision to end their pregnancy, Jackson said.

It was senators’ final day to question Jackson, who was nominated by President Joe Biden in February to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman on the high court. On the final day of the hearings March 24, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear from friends and colleagues of Jackson about her temperament and approach to the law.

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