About the 6th Circuit The 6th Circuit covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. It has sixteen seats, four of which are vacant. Seven judges are male and five are female. Two are African American. Reproductive Rights in the 6th Circuit Grade: F The states in the 6th Circuit receive the lowest marks on choice in the country – yielding an average grade of F regarding reproductive rights. Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee have passed laws that severely restrict a woman's reproductive rights. While over the years courts have struck down some of these onerous restrictions as unconstitutional, the vast majority remain on the books. It will be up to the judges who sit on the 6th Circuit Court to uphold or deny a woman's reproductive rights in the face of these legislative obstacles. Acknowledgment: NCJW thanks the NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation for the use of data contained in the "2005 Report Card on Women’s Reproductive Rights" included in Who Decides? The Status of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States, 14th edition, 2005 In this publication, NARAL Pro-Choice America assigned each state and the District of Columbia a letter grade based on the nature of reproductive rights laws in 19 categories. These grades were averaged to offer a general overview of the status of reproductive rights in each circuit.       Pending Nominees to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals David W. McKeague Henry William Saad Susan Bieke Neilson Richard Griffin Judges on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Danny J. Boggs, Chief Judge, appointed 3/25/86 by President Ronald Reagan Boyce F. Martin, Jr., appointed 9/26/79 by President Jimmy Carter Alice M. Batchelder, appointed 12/2/91 by President George Bush Martha Craig Daughtrey, appointed 11/22/93 by President William Clinton Karen Nelson Moore, appointed 3/24/95 by President William Clinton R. Guy Cole, Jr., appointed 12/26/95 by President William Clinton Eric L. Clay, appointed 8/1/97 by President William Clinton Ronald Lee Gilman, appointed 11/7/97 by President William Clinton Julia S. Gibbons, appointed 7/31/02 by President George W. Bush John M. Rogers, appointed 11/26/02 by President George W. Bush Jeffrey A. Sutton, appointed 5/5/03 by President George W. Bush Deborah Cook, appointed 5/7/03 by President George W. Bush