President Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Todd Blanche, faces opposition from Republican Maine Senator Susan Collins, who has announced she will vote against his confirmation. Collins cited several reasons for her opposition, including Blanche’s promise to an anti-abortion organization to seek a nationwide prohibition on mailing abortion medication to women.

This stance follows Blanche’s reported commitment during a July 30 conference call with the White House Faith Office to make the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022 “permanent in every single state.” During his confirmation hearing, a majority of GOP senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee pressed Blanche on abortion drugs, expressing discomfort with the continuation of the Biden administration’s mail-order abortion drug policy and the Department of Justice’s opposition to pro-life states challenging this scheme, according to SBA Pro-Life America.

SBA Pro-Life America stated that Blanche acknowledged the Biden rules were wrong and urged him to settle a case with Louisiana and abortion drug coercion survivor Rosalie Markezich to immediately remove abortion drugs from the mail while the FDA’s safety study continues.

In addition to abortion-related concerns, Collins opposes Blanche’s confirmation due to his approval of an order to "shield" President Trump and his family from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits, the creation of an approximately $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, and actions by the Department of Justice under his leadership attempting to indict a Democratic Arizona senator.

Furthermore, the Republican-controlled Congress recently failed to extend a funding freeze for Planned Parenthood on July 4, a measure that was part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025.

Collins stated, “I have carefully reviewed Todd Blanche’s qualifications to be Attorney General … I will vote against this nomination.”

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