Here at APP we've written before about Dawn Johnsen, President Obama's appointee to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.

As I cited back at the time:

"Her nomination has been delayed by Republicans who oppose her because she is strongly pro-abortion -- going as far as saying pregnant women are subjected to a form of slavery -- and because of other political reasons."

Even with the recent election of Scott Brown to the Senate, Dawn Johnsen's nomination could come down to a single vote because at least one Republican has pledged to support her.

American Principles in Action, our sister c4 organization, has a new letter for concerned citizens to sign and send to their senators:

I am writing to ask you to oppose the nomination of Dawn Johnsen to the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.  From her radical pro-abortion political stance to her offensive characterizations of pro-lifers, Ms. Johnsen has demonstrated that she is not fit to hold this position.

A former attorney for NARAL, Ms. Johnsen's abortion advocacy puts her on the most extreme fringe of pro-abortion partisans.  She has compared pregnancy with slavery, even writing to liken the Thirteenth Amendment protections against involuntary servitude with denying an abortion.  Her hostility towards pregnancy has caused her to describe women as, "fetal containers," and pregnant ones as, "losers in the contraceptive lottery."  More than just a political sentiment, her pro-abortion bias even reflects itself in intolerance towards those who disagree with her, as she has offensively compared pro-lifers with the Ku Klux Klan.

Despite her attempts to distance herself from her statements on abortion, it is clear that both her legal career and philosophy have been profoundly influenced by her extremist position.  Such bias has no place in an office that speaks for the People on the nation's most difficult legal questions.  Respect for life and respect for those who speak in defense of it are a minimal thing to ask from one who aspires to such an influential public position.  I beg you to please demonstrate your own regard for these principles by voting against Ms. Johnsen's nomination and encouraging your colleagues in the Senate to do likewise.

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