‘Unashamedly pro-life’ Amy Coney Barrett grilled by Senate committee

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (Michael Reynolds/AP)

US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returned to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings, called “unashamedly pro-life” by her Republican Senate champion with Democrats running out of time to stop her quick confirmation.

Senators are trying to dig deeper into the conservative judge’s outlook on abortion, health care and a potentially disputed presidential election, but Ms Barrett has been batting away questions in long and lively exchanges, insisting she would bring no personal agenda to the court but decide cases “as they come”.