Kagan on ACOG memo: Did I do that?
If the intent of Elena Kagan’s testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee is to build confidence in her competence, her answer to Orrin Hatch about a controversial memo has to be a huge step in the wrong direction. Despite the issue having been in the news for the last 24 hours and the centrality of it to the Clinton-era efforts to stop a ban on partial-birth abortion, Kagan initially claimed ignorance of the issue. Only when pressed did Kagan recall her intentions, as Byron York and LifeNews‘ Steven Ertelt both report this afternoon: “Did you write that memo?” Hatch asked. “Senator, with respect,” Kagan began, “I don’t think that that’s what happened — ” “Did you write that memo?” “I’m sorry — the memo which is?” “The memo that caused them to go back to the language of ‘medically necessary,’ which was the big issue to begin with — ” “Yes, well, I’ve seen the document — ” “But did you write it?” “The document is certainly in my handwriting.” But after finally admitting that she wrote
