Vice President Kamala Harris gave a full-throated rebuke of the Republican Party on Tuesday after a Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade was leaked to the press, stating if the landmark 1973 ruling that made abortions a constitutional right is voided, it is not only an attack on women but an attack on freedom.
“If the court overturns Roe vs. Wade, it will be a direct assault on freedom, on the fundamental right of self-determination to which all Americans are entitled,” she said during the EMILY’s List national gala held Tuesday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
The vice president made the remark after POLITICO published a draft Supreme Court decision to overrule Roe vs. Wade and Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, which largely maintained one’s right to the medical procedure, sparking protests out front of the high court and worry among those who support a women’s right to abortion.
The draft decision, which is not final, was signed by five conservative justices in connection to a challenge against Mississippi’s controversial 15-week abortion ban. It also comes as Republican-led states nationwide seek to pass restrictions on the medical procedure.
If the leaked Supreme Court decision stands, women in half the country would see their access to abortion restricted and those in 13 states would lose their access immediately and outright, Harris said, accusing some Republican leaders pushing these restrictions of trying to “weaponize” to law against women.
“How dare they. How dare they tell a woman what she can do and not do with her own body. How dare they. How dare they try to stop her from determining her own future. How dare they try to deny women their rights and their freedoms,” she said.
Harris was scheduled as a special guest for the event held by the political action committee that seeks to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights, with the leaked decision giving the gala more immediate significance.
The vice president said there is “nothing hypothetical about this moment,” calling on the organization to continue its work to have more Democrats elected to office.
She said those seeking to ban abortions nationwide not only want to “bully” reproductive healthcare providers and “criminalize and punish women” but want to threaten the right to privacy.
“When the right to privacy is attacked, anyone in our country may face a future where the government can interfere with their personal decisions — Not just women. Anyone,” she said. “And it has never been more clear which party wants to expand our rights and which party wants to restrict them. It has never been more clear. It has never been more clear which party wants to lead us forward and which party wants to push us back.”
She said there are Republicans who want to not only repeal Roe vs. Wade but other decisions that recognized same-sex couples and other decisions to enshrine protections for privacy and personal freedoms, but that they will keep fighting.
“If you stand for freedom, for self-determination for the right to privacy, if you stand for these principles, stand with us, because, you see, women’s issues are America’s issues, and democracies, democracies cannot be strong if the rights of women are under attack,” she said. “So to all here I say, let us fight for our country and for the principles upon which it was founded and let us fight with everything we’ve got.”
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VP in the Biden Administration accusing the Supreme Court of a direct assault on Freedom. And what the hell, Ms Harris, has this administration been doing from day one since Biden stepped into the Oval Office??
pocket lining with US CURRENCY, I wonder how much of the country she has and tried tried to sell of to foreign, 3rd world **** hole , hillary style ????
If anything, HOW DARE SHE SPEAK OUT on the judges decision..
they will have to stand before the lord god and give an account as to why they killed the blessing of a child.
all of us will have to give an account of our life.
She was correct in one respect, abortion was made a Constitutional right by judicial fiat by a dubious convoluted interpretation of words having nothing to with privacy or abortion, the Court recogniized that then and has finally corrected itself. It isn’t an attack on freedom or women, it does put the matter in the realm of public debate, comment and then into the legislative process where it belongs, that scares the radicals because over half the population feels total abortion on demand is not the way to go, restrictions are necessary. And what about the fundamental right of of self-determination to which all Americans are entitled for the unborn?
AND if it was a judicial Fiat that establshed it, HOW IS IT WRONG that it’s a judicial fiat, that OVERTURNS IT!
Roe vs. Wade was a direct assault on the freedom of babies in the womb to live and self-govern.
She should be glad her mom didn’t decide to abort her!
I could almost understand her logic if we asked the baby for permission first before performing the abortion. Babies don’t get a chance to voice their opinion.
Just think, how much better may this world be, HAD ALL these abortion loving proponents, BEEN ABORTED BY THEIR PARENTS!
Ex porno star Kamala may be glad her mom didn’t abort her, but I’m not.
Beijing Joey Has and Will keep Screwing the Country and the World. And how many has Heels in the Air or Knee Pads Harris had aborted Children. She thinks she’s a Saint by she’s far from it. She’s No more than a Devils Advocate.
No freedom is taken away the only thing that is happening is that the people have the rights to decide which means each state will listen to the voice of the citizens. The federal government has no power over the people and its written in the Constitution of the United States. Plane Parent Hood only cares about the money and the Federal Government is their piggy bank
Which is what the folks in charge don’t like. THEY demand we listen/obey them..
Abortion takes away the rights of unborn women (and men) to determine their future. Let me fix Ms. Harris’ statement to tell the truth:
“How dare they. How dare they tell an unborn human what she/he can do and not do with their own body. How dare they. How dare they try to stop them from determining their own future. How dare they try to deny unborn women (and men) their rights and their freedoms,”
The decision to engage in sexual activity inherently brings with it the risk of pregnancy. A woman is free to choose whether she will or will not engage in sexual activity. The vast majority of abortions are done for the convenience of the mother. As for rape and incest the percentage of abortions done for rape is 1%, incest .5%.
I’d like to add to part of and underscore your point:
“How dare they. How dare they make loose women like me actually take responsibility for our actions. How dare they!”
AND why is it they only CARE ABOUT THE WOMAN? Does the father of the baby have no rights?!
>> How dare they. How dare they tell a woman what she can do and not do with her own body. How dare they. <<
Next thing you know, they'll be telling people they have to get vaccinated, or they have to wear a mask, or ,,, Never mind,
This is not about a woman’s right to do with her body as she feels fit. It is about the baby she is carrying. It is not about her, but about the baby. You do not have the right to take a child’s life. Taking the life of a child is called infanticide. Just calling it abortion does not change the basic facts.
And you, VP Harris, are an insult to intelligent thinking people everywhere.
You climbed up the political ladder first on your back, and achieved the second highest office in the Land by affirmative action. And now that you achieved that lofty goal you find yourself woefully over your head and ill-prepared for the responsibility that come with it.
You are only capable of emotional histrionics and/or childish hyperbola. Take this article about your opinion of the prematurely revealed private in-house SCOTUS discussion of Roe vs Wade: A screeching emotional tantrum devoid of intellect or the slightest understanding of the actual gist of the subject matter. All emotion, no substance.
The Country, the World will be a better place when you are no longer on the political landscape. Do us all a favor and retire before you cause any further harm to your gender, to race relations, and to all adult discussions of serious events.
SHE Is an insult to humanity, period.
“When the right to privacy is attacked, anyone in our country may face a future where the government can interfere with their personal decisions — Not just women. Anyone,” she said
This is only about abortion so how does it affect “anyone” since real men (those with testicles can never become pregnant. Also isn’t the newly created “misinformation one sided board an attack to privacy and free speech? The lier in charge said it would not but then that is similar to what was said before about keeping you doctor by the same one running this pony show
HAVE they not already been ‘interferring with peoples personal decisions, with all their
HAte crime laws
Hate speech laws
Forced vaccinations or get fired
Forced masking or get fired
etc/?
Scary how important this is to VP harris!? This isn’t doing away with abortion it simply puts this issue back to the States. How dare Harris presume she is an elected VP!
The truth will set you free
She thinks she’s potus./ Not joe.
So according to ********** (and the rest of the left) overturning Roe vs Wade is a “direct assault” on freedom. But the COVID vaccine mandate is perfectly OK; it’s all good. What hypocrisy. What duplicity. What contradiction.
Yes// BECAUSE Whhammmmen!
Every time she opens her mouth is proof what an idiot she is .
AND how brainless those who VOTED FOR HER AND JOE are.
Inasmuch as black males ages 11 to 29 commit over half of violent crimes, black women should be given privilege of having access to abortion. Perhaps should be paid to do so which would positively affect the crime rate.
I respect that women do have the right to do wharever they want with their body but do not have the right to destroy/kill an unborn child who had no say in the matter at hand. That child does have rights too but being unable to speak for itself, it has to rely on the “human” beings that cherish life for everyone to speak up for them. Women need to learn to say no or keep them crossed. Rape is a different matter.
Without any offense meant toward women, if a woman has the right to do with her body as she pleases according to harris, why is this “do as you want/please” only apply to women. If it applies to all, why is harris/biden/their government “forcing” people to wear a mask. This should also be included in the “do as you want/please”. Guess harris/biden/their government mean to say “do as I say not as I do”