Posted on 10/23/2024 8:02:39 PM PDT by Morgana
Vice President Kamala Harris has said she opposes any concessions on a national abortion law if elected president, rejecting any proposal that would include possible religious exemptions.
In an interview with NBC News’ Hallie Jackson on Tuesday, the Democrat presidential hopeful was asked about her plan to pass a federal law legalizing elective abortion nationwide.
“If you win, it is entirely possible that Congress will be controlled by Republicans,” Jackson said. “So, what specific concessions would you be willing to make in order to get something done on abortion access as soon as possible?”
Harris responded by denouncing the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, and the subsequent passage of several state laws that ban abortion in nearly all circumstances.
She then pointed to the multipletimes abortion measures have been on the ballot since Roe was struck down and have resulted in victories for the pro-choice side.
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“I know that there are members of the United States Congress who are well aware that their constituents are in favor of the very fundamental principle that a woman should be able to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do,” Harris replied.
Jackson asked if it were “a question of pragmatism” when dealing with Congress, and “what concessions would be on the table,” citing “religious exemptions” as an example.
“I don’t think we should be making concessions when we are talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body,” Harris replied.
Jackson name-dropped Republican members of Congress, such as Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who might be willing to vote for such a measure provided it had concessions like religious liberty protections.
“If, in fact, Republicans control Congress, would you offer them an olive branch?” Jackson asked the Democrat nominee. “Or is that off the table? Is that not an option for you?”
“I’m not going to engage in hypotheticals,” Harris answered. "Let's start with the fundamental fact. A basic freedom has been taken from the women of America, the freedom to make decisions about their own body.”
Critics, among them the theologically conservative Center for Baptist Leadership, were quick to denounce Harris’ comments, with the group labeling them “absolutely chilling.”
“Kamala Harris says that she does not believe in religious exemptions for abortion,” tweeted the Center. “This means that all Christian hospitals, healthcare providers, businesses, etc., would be forced to provide/cover abortion if she got her way. It would be the end of the First Amendment and religious liberty as we know it.”
The Democratic Party has made abortion a major talking point of the election, with the Harris campaign championing a national law that would legalize abortion nationwide.
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in August, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told attendees that if Harris was elected, she would “restore abortion rights nationwide.”
“As president, she will always have our backs, and she will be a fighter for us,” Clinton stated. “She will fight to lower costs for hard-working families, open the doors wide for good-paying jobs, and yes, she will restore abortion rights nationwide.”
Laws are made by the Congress of the United States not Camala.
She wants to be the Dictator.
She’d be the Hitler.
Liberal Projection, all day, all the time.
Yeah, but she prays everyday…sometimes twice!
That’s right. This woman cannot be allowed to become our next president!
This woman wakes up to every day and her only thought is how to empower Moloch child sacrifices and vile reprobate LGTB perversions across the landscape of America.
This is wickedness.
to paraphrase harris
if you believe Jesus is Lord
you are in the wrong country
bttt
The Jamaican VooDoo HooDoo is going to kick America the Baby Killing Machine in the ass and get it rolling.
This is a level of darkness never before seen in our country.
Many times I am saddened that due to a facial deformity that I cannot be in the medical field, however times like this tell me it is the LORD that has kept me away.
What makes the situation worse are so-called Evangelical “Christians” backing her and the democrat party. They are so crazy blind! The stuff I read from these types will make a true Believer’s toes curl.
Are they praying for her to win?!
Given that both parties had over 50 years to codify this at the Federal level and failed to do so, who would they do it now? They both continue to fundraise off this Hot button Issue and have no intentions of letting this thing go. 100 years from now it will still be the same rhetoric.
Her body isn’t the one dismembered in an abortion.
Therefore, its not her body.
Inside her body <> her body
A parasite in her body isn’t her body
A guy’s member inside her body <> her body
Waste products inside her body <> her body, they are waste products produced by her body to be expelled
Harris answered. “Let’s start with the fundamental fact. A basic freedom has been taken from the women of America, the freedom to make decisions about their own body.”
Because of three Trump picks
Mmm...K
Democrats choose their SCOTUS nominees too.
Anyway, the SCOTUS is comprised of human beings who can make mistakes but, only one party consistently chooses positions that are an anathema to human beings worldwide and Judeo Christians.
Proof the Supreme Court has always been comprised of human beings, who can and dud make mistakes
Dred Scott v. Sanford
African Americans are not American Citizens
Plessy v. Ferguson
Separate but equal is duplicitous and stupid
Buck v. Bell
Intellectual defectives can and should be sterilized
Korematsu v. United States
Enabled the internment of Japanese Americans and the forfeiture of their property and rights
Bowers v. Hardwick
criminalized sexually active gay and lesbian relationships(we shouldn’t care about closed door activities)
A “law” that was invented by a bunch of guys in black robes, proving the Supreme Court can make mistakes.
Laws are created legislatively not by judges who are suppose to interpret existing law.
No, that Supreme Court invented a right instead of reminding back to the states, a 10th ammendment function .
Anyway, Democrats were supporters of those immoral and amoral concepts
Women of America have the right to do what they want with their own body UNLESS of course we DEMAND you take an experimental vaccine THEN women have no right to do what they want with their own body!!
p.s. lincoln was a rino.
what this means is the evila FACE act which prohibits demonstrations at abortion mills will be turbocharged to go after any and all pro life disourse in public or social media. Advocate for life on FB? Hate speech and expect FBI to knock on your door
The extension will be government “monitors” to ensure no pastor is engaged in pro-life “hate speech” from the pulpit? Reference Jerimiah 1:5 in sermon? Blue haired obese speech monitor in attendance will report violation and 501 c3 status is revoked..
the slope is not slippery is a 45degree incline slathered with 4” deep of axle grease
Separation of church and state only applies to "mean" religions. Like yours.
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