ulie Rikelman represented the Mississippi abortion facility at the center of the Dobbs case as a lawyer with the Center for Reproductive Rights. In a historic June ruling, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade through Dobbs and allowed states to begin protecting unborn babies from abortion again.

During a hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Rikelman said she will follow the ruling even though she personally disagrees with it, Reuters reports. If confirmed, she would become a judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

“Dobbs is now the law of the land, and I will follow it as I will follow all Supreme Court precedents,” she told the committee.

However, several Republican senators questioned her statement, pointing to her long record of abortion advocacy and public criticism of the June ruling.