Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg confirms she is cancer-free

This appeared in The Millennial Source

In an interview with CNN published on January 8, 86-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stated that she no longer has pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg had previously been undergoing cancer treatment.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health

In August 2019, it was announced that Ginsburg, one of the Supreme Court’s four liberal justices, had undergone treatment to remove a tumor in her pancreas. At the time, it was reported that the treatment had been successful, but this is the first time that the Justice has publicly confirmed that she is cancer-free.

This marks the fourth time Ginsburg has overcome a cancer diagnosis. She was also treated for cancer in 1999, 2009, and December 2018. She had also undergone treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2009.

Ginsburg had an unrelated health scare in November 2019 when a stomach bug resulted in her missing oral arguments. Later that same month she was hospitalized at John Hopkins in Baltimore for chills and a fever but was discharged the following day.

Over the past decade, Ginsburg has become a central figure in conversations about the future of the Supreme Court. Prior to her cancer treatment in December…