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

Collins’ opposition follows Blanche reportedly committing to policy solutions aimed at making the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — which overturned Roe v. Wade — permanent in every state. This commitment was made during a July 30 conference call with the White House Faith Office.

During Blanche’s confirmation hearing, a majority of GOP senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee pressed him on abortion drugs, expressing discomfort with the continuation of the Biden administration’s mail-order abortion drug program and the Department of Justice’s opposition to pro-life states challenging this scheme in court, according to SBA Pro-Life America.

SBA Pro-Life America stated that Blanche was correct in saying, “We very much believe the Biden rules were wrong,” and urged him to settle a case with Louisiana and abortion drug coercion survivor Rosalie Markezich to immediately halt the mailing of abortion drugs while the FDA’s safety study continues.

In addition to abortion-related concerns, Collins opposed Blanche’s confirmation for approving an order to shield President Trump and his family from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits, for creating an approximately $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, and because the Department of Justice under his leadership attempted to indict a Democratic Arizona senator.

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

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

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