WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden might not often use the word “abortion” when he talks about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but Vice President Kamala Harris sure does.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden might not often use the word “abortion” when he talks about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but Vice President Kamala Harris sure does. She's also toured a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic where the procedure is performed and routinely links the fall of Roe to the larger issue of rising maternal mortality nationwide.
She's eager to portray herself as a direct and consistent advocate with a history of fighting for reproductive health issues, especially Black maternal health. Trump's running mate, JD Vance, has said he adheres to Trump's views. But in 2022, when he was running for the Senate in Ohio, Vance said: “I certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally."
Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, has said reproductive freedom is an “everyone” issue, not a “women's” issue. On Tuesday, in his first public appearance since his wife started pursuing the top slot on the ticket, he visited an abortion clinic. On the policy side, Biden has sought to make medication abortion more available, access to contraception easier, and his administration has gone before the Supreme Court to argue hospitals have a duty under federal law to perform the procedure in life-threatening situations even in states where abortion is now banned. Biden also has said the Hyde Amendment should be eliminated. Among other things, the amendment bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion.
During her time as California’s attorney general, Harris also sued an anti-abortion group that secretly recorded videos of abortion providers.
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