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Day two of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg confirmation hearings... Judge Ginsburg did something no recent High Court nominee has done, spoke at length about her support for abortion rights. It is essential to women's equality with man... that her choice... that she be the decision maker. This is something central to a woman's... life, to her dignity. And when Government controls that decision for her, she is being treated as less than a fully adult... human responsible for... her own choices... Orrin Hatch: I disagree with you on a number of things, and I am sure you disagree with me. But that isn't the issue, is it? And frankly, I admire you. You've earned the right, in my opinion, to be on the Supreme Court. She was confirmed 96-3.