and | once had an extreme/y animated discussion on the decriminalization of abortion. Can you imagine what the Democrats would’ ve done with that?" And that was the precise instant | made the decision to leak Professor Hill’ s statement to the press. Although | have constantly been sexually hass/ed, | have never really been harassed in the /ega/sense of the word. However, | Aave had an abortion, and | was totally outraged by the blatant hypocrisy I’ d overheard. | had never leaked a document before, but my anger overshadowed my fear. | chose Nina Totenberg because | had come to trust her reporting about the Supreme Court on National Public Radio. | honestly had no idea what leaking the affidavit would accomplish. | certainly did not envision that it would literally embarrass the Senate into delaying the vote until public hearings were held, though that probably was my secret desire. But Judge Thomas testified under oath that he had never discussed the subject of abortion. However, in response to a question by Senator Hank Brown, Professor Hill testified that she had disagreed with Judge Thomas in a discussion about Roe v. Wade. Unfortunately, then-Senator Joseph Biden quickly interrupted her. “That is not the subject of these hearings,” he said. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015135