our north america correspondent david willisjoins me now what david willisjoins me now do what davidins me now do you what david willisjoins me now do you make what david willis joins me now do you make of this repo this what do you make of this report of this nomination? she was the odds on favourite, president trump had said that he would be selecting a woman to this seat vacated by the death of ginsberg and amy barrett was seen at the white house for a meeting with president trump earlier this week. she is conservative and that applies to her views on abortion and since she was appointed to the appeals court by president trump back in 2017, she has ruled on two cases involving abortion rights in both cases, ruling in favour of those rules being tightened. so, as long the target of abortion rights advocates who will not be very pleased to see this 48—year—old woman being appointed to the highest court in the land. her appointment something of a formality now because of course, it has to be approved by the us senate, republicans have the majority in the upper house and despite the o

our north america correspondent david willisjoins me now. s, doesn't it, like this is going to be the person that he nominates. it does indeed, and amy coney barrett is a devout catholic, she is the mother of seven, and 48, if she is the mother of seven, and a8, if indeed this does proved to be the case, then she would be the youngest member of the united states supreme court. —— supreme court panel. she would be replacing ruth bader ginsburg, a liberal icon, and the two women could not be more diametrically opposed as far as their political views are concerned. ms ginsberg of course was profoundly and unequivocally pro—choice, amy coney barrett has called abortion "illegal", i'm sorry, she has called it a moral, twice since she was appointed to the us court of appeals back in 2017 she has voted in favour of restricting access to it, hence liberals are concerned that her appointment to the highest court in the land could lead to fundamental changes in american life, not least overturning that landmark ruling back in 1973, roe vwade, which leg