Pro-life groups slam Harris for uncompromising abortion position: 'Christians are not welcome'

Pro-life groups are livid astatine Vice President Kamala Harris aft she took an uncompromising position connected abortion authorities astatine likelihood pinch galore faith-based wellness attraction providers.

Harris told NBC's Hallie Jackson connected Tuesday that she does not support belief exemptions for abortion and would not make immoderate concessions connected that issue, if elected, nether a perchance divided government. 

"I don’t deliberation we should beryllium making concessions erstwhile we’re talking astir a basal state to make decisions astir your ain body," Harris said successful nan interview. 

Christian and pro-life leaders said her position is dispute toward believing doctors and Catholic hospitals, who position abortion arsenic nan sinful taking of guiltless life. They questioned whether she would respect law protections for belief Americans if she wins nan presidency. 

HARRIS REFUSES TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO REPUBLICANS ON ANY ABORTION LEGISLATION, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS

NBC's Hallie Jackson, left, interviews Vice President Kamala Harris connected Oct. 22, 2024. (NBC News)

"Kamala Harris' comments present show that she believes nan First Amendment nary longer applies to group of faith, including Catholics," said Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote, successful an question and reply pinch Fox News Digital.

"She is mounting nan shape to put Catholic doctors successful jail, to portion aesculapian licenses from Catholic physicians and to unopen down Catholic wellness attraction arsenic we cognize it." 

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie, a elder chap pinch The Catholic Association, said Harris "should clarify, and quickly, whether fixed nan chance she would unit Americans who entity connected belief aliases conscience grounds, to participate successful abortion" 

"Sadly, it would not beryllium nan first clip Harris has utilized her governmental powerfulness to trample nan authorities of belief Americans," she added. 

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a CNN Presidential Town Hall astatine Sun Center Studios connected Oct. 23, 2024 successful Aston, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)

The Biden-Harris management has travel nether occurrence from Christians and pro-life groups for filing lawsuits against activists who prayed extracurricular of abortion clinics nether nan Freedom of Access to Clinical Entrances Act. Activist Lauren Handy, pinch Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, was handed a astir five-year situation condemnation successful May for organizing 1 specified protestation extracurricular a session successful Washington, D.C., successful 2020.

CatholicVote and others person accused nan Biden-Harris management of "weaponizing" nan Justice Department against abortion opponents. The Harris run did not respond to a petition for comment.

In interviews, Harris has refused to opportunity whether location is immoderate restriction connected abortion that she supports. When Jackson many times pressed her connected whether location were immoderate compromises she mightiness support to walk authorities to grow abortion access, Harris refused to "engage successful hypotheticals." 

"Let's commencement pinch nan basal fact. A basal state has been taken from nan women of America, nan state to make decisions astir their ain body. And that cannot beryllium negotiable, which is that we request to put backmost successful nan protections of Roe v Wade, and that is it," Harris said. 

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Arizona residents rally for abortion authorities connected a thoroughfare area Tuesday connected nan heels of nan Arizona Supreme Court determination enacting an 1864 rule banning abortion, connected April 16, 2024 successful Phoenix. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The vice president has supported authorities successful Congress that would codify nan Supreme Court's now defunct sentiment successful Roe v. Wade, which would guarantee national protections for abortion entree and override astir each abortion restrictions enacted by pro-life lawmakers astatine nan authorities level nationwide.  

William Wolfe, laminitis and executive head of nan Center for Baptist Leadership, said Harris' position makes "crystal clear" that "Christians are not invited successful nan modern, pro-abortion Democrat Party." 

"Frankly, I'm not amazed to study that a Kamala management would shred nan First Amendment and unit Christian doctors and hospitals to supply abortions because ‘expanding abortion access’ is simply a cardinal tenant of their progressive ‘religion.’ There is thing that nan Democrats worth much than nan ‘freedom’ to extremity innocent, pre-born quality life successful nan womb pinch nary ineligible restrictions aliases repercussions," said Wolfe.  

"Her fanatical commitment to abortion entree and disregard for nan First Amendment isn't a bug – it's a characteristic of her platform. I neglect to spot really immoderate Christian tin support specified a barbaric and unconstitutional campaigner successful bully faith." 

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Public sentiment polls show, and governmental analysts agree, that nan 2024 statesmanlike predetermination is connected a trajectory to beryllium 1 of nan closest successful decades. Seven battleground states will find nan winner, and those states are expected to beryllium decided by slim margins – wherever support from important elector blocks, for illustration Catholics, could very good make nan difference.

"The Catholic ballot will beryllium critical, arsenic it has been successful each predetermination complete nan past 40 years," said Burch. 

"The Democratic Party has gone from safe, ineligible and uncommon to now let's unit Catholic hospitals to execute abortions, aliases we'll propulsion you successful jail. That's rather nan shift, and I deliberation voters admit this arsenic a span excessively far." 

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Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader, an Iowa-based socially blimpish group, said he has "never seen an predetermination that represents a bigger opposition of worldview" than nan 2024 statesmanlike contest.

"You can't show a expert my alleged ‘right’ to abortion trumps your correct of conscience, truthful I tin unit you to perpetrate what you judge is murder. That's not nan America I grew up in, not nan America our Founders would person ever permitted, but that's nan Kamala Harris America," he said. 

"The First Amendment to nan U.S. Constitution, nan guarantee of belief liberty, is connected nan ballot. Choose well, America."

Harris will recreation to Texas connected Friday, a authorities her run has called "ground zero of Trump's abortion bans." She will be an arena successful Houston pinch women "who person faced nan nonstop impacts of these utmost laws" and will speak astir nan "harm Donald Trump's abortion bans person caused crossed nan nation."