'I feel outraged, exhausted and betrayed': Kavanaugh nomination – the feminist response

Leading feminists discuss Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the supreme court – and what’s next for American women

• Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh to US supreme court

Weeks of protest and dramatic days of testimony and speeches on Capitol Hill have brought the US to the point where ultra-conservative federal judge Brett Kavanaugh is now poised to join the supreme court. Even Donald Trump said the woman who accused him of attempted rape, California university professor Christine Blasey Ford, was credible when she gave her raw but precise testimony to Congress, although he later mocked her at a rally.

As Republicans voted on Saturday to confirm Kavanaugh, leading US feminists reacted to the development and talk about what’s next for America’s women.