After dropping at least $16 million and spending weeks lobbying in support of Kavanaugh’s nomination, anti-choice groups celebrated Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a major win for the anti-choice movement. Top anti-choice leaders even attended the White House’s ceremonial swearing-in to celebrate Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh and his anti-choice backers had spent his nomination process papering over his anti-choice record, but after the confirmation, they wasted no time acknowledging his true stance.