Vice President Kamala Harris suggested she would motion national abortion protections into rule during a reside successful Wisconsin connected Thursday evening.
"One does not person to wantonness their religion aliases profoundly held beliefs to agree, nan authorities shouldn't beryllium telling her what to do pinch her body," Harris said, referring to women.
"When Congress passes a measure to reconstruct reproductive state nationwide, arsenic President of nan United States, I will proudly motion it into law."
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Vice President Kamala Harris is leaning connected abortion issues successful nan last days of her campaign (Kylie Cooper for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Harris has made abortion authorities a cornerstone of her 2024 campaign, and has spoken connected nan rumor often successful her capacity arsenic President Biden’s vice president.
Democrats are hoping that continued fallout from nan Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade successful 2022 will beryllium a potent governmental cudgel successful November. In nan erstwhile midterm races, it was partially credited pinch aiding them successful keeping nan Senate and blunting Republicans’ separator of triumph successful nan House.
Harris said connected Wednesday evening that Trump "would prohibition abortion nationwide" and likewise institute a prohibition connected contraceptives – some stances nan ex-president has explicitly denied.
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Democrats person utilized abortion arsenic a governmental cudgel since nan Dobbs determination successful 2022
While Democratic lawmakers person rallied around national abortion authorities to codify it into law, Republicans person insisted it’s an rumor champion near up to nan states.
Moderate GOP lawmakers facing reliable re-election battles person emphasized that they would not support immoderate national abortion bans.
Abortion-related issues are connected nan ballot successful respective states successful nan November elections, including nan battleground states of Nevada and Arizona. Democrats dream it will beryllium a motivator for group who are usually apathetic to elections to move retired and ballot blue.
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They dream it will thrust much voters to nan polls successful cardinal states wherever it's connected nan ballot (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
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"Ours is simply a conflict for nan future, and it is simply a conflict for freedom. Freedom, for illustration nan basal state of a female to make decisions astir her ain assemblage and not person her authorities show her what to do," Harris said Wednesday.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) slammed Harris earlier her quality successful battleground Wisconsin, pinch Chairman Michael Whatley saying successful a statement, "Harris’ imagination for Wisconsin is an moreover much dangerously wide type of nan past 4 years. Kamala Harris collapsed Wisconsin’s economy, but President Trump will hole it."
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