When asked in an interview if Democratic presidents and congresses failed by failing to codify abortion rights over the almost 50 years Roe v Wade stood, vice president Kamala Harris reacted with a wordy jumble.
To be really honest with you, I do believe that we should have believed what we did, but we do believe that some concerns have been resolved. Certain challenges are simply resolved, according to Harris.
1973 saw the passing of Roe v. Wade. Since that time, Democrats have won four presidential elections and 15 House majorities.
The Vice President also stated during the interview with CBS News’ Robert Costa that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade had deprived women of a “constitutional right” and that Congress must act to establish a statute protecting American women’s access to abortion.
“I think we all share a tremendous sense of outrage,” Harris remarked, “that the United States Supreme Court removed a recognized constitutional right from the women of America.”
“We are now looking at a case where the government can interfere in what is one of the most intimate and private decisions that someone can make,” the vice president stated.
This Sunday, the interview will be shown on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Friday to increase access to abortion medication through the Department of Health and Human Services and to facilitate women’s travel to states where abortions are permitted.
We also need Congress to take action, according to Harris, because it is through that body of the government that rights that were previously taken away from American women have been codified, or put into law.
I think that, to be very honest with you, I — I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believed that certain issues are just settled,’ Harris said in response to the question of whether she felt that previous Democratic leaders had failed by not passing Roe v. Wade into law.
Some matters are simply resolved.
Harris refrained from reiterating calls from other Democrats for the impeachment of conservative Supreme Court justices.
The former senator from California did admit that she didn’t ‘trust’ the justices when they claimed that Roe v. Wade was a decided legal matter.
I begin from my experience having served in the Senate, Harris stated. I never took them for real. I had no faith in them. That is the reason I abstained.
The vice president urged Congress to take action on Roe v. Wade, saying, “If you think about the Voting Rights Act, Congress acted, and the Civil Rights Act, Congress acted because we decided as a nation, we would put it into law wherever there was any question, especially through the courts or any other system, about the sanctity of these rights.”
That is what we must do in regards to Roe and its guiding principles.
It happens just days after Harris faced harsh criticism for what appeared to be an incoherent speech in the wake of the July 4th shooting in Highland Park that left seven people dead.
We have to take this stuff seriously as you are because you have been compelled to take this seriously, Harris remarked at the shooting scene.
She continued, “The entire nation should comprehend and have the capacity for empathy to see that this could occur anywhere [to] any individual or group of individuals in any society.” And we ought to get together and express why it must end.
Word salad, one person commented about the speech on Twitter. Means nothing at all.
Another stated: “Unbroken streak of not making a single meaningful comment as vice president for like nineteen months now. Its constancy is almost admirable.
Harris met on Friday with Democratic legislators from Indiana, Florida, Nebraska, and Montana, states with Republican governors and legislatures that may soon approve abortion restrictions.
The Biden administration would demonstrate a “commitment to preserve access to reproductive health care,” Harris was quoted as saying at the conference.
To “continue defending reproductive rights and freedoms at the state level,” the vice president urged politicians who support abortion.
Women should have the autonomy to make decisions about their bodies, Harris added.
How near to death must a patient be before a doctor intervenes, South Dakota Democrat Erin Healy said at the meeting.
There should be no restrictions on South Dakotans’ ability to travel anyplace they like in this nation. The future of America looks pretty bleak if state border regulations are enforced about who may and may not leave.
During a special legislative session, South Dakota’s Republican governor, Kristi Noem, intends to further tighten the state’s prohibition on abortion.
While Indiana Democrat Phil GiaQuinta spoke with WPTA about his impressions of Harris’ meeting, he stated: “I think the administration is doing a wonderful job, excellent job, getting out that message that they believe in the health and welfare of women.
Once more, politicians have no business making that choice.
According to NBC News, Lorraine Voles, Harris’ new chief of staff, has made the vice president more involved in the Biden administration’s response to significant events.
According to a recent Yahoo News/YouGov poll conducted June 24-27, California Governor Gavin Newsom would perform better than the vice president in a hypothetical 2024 presidential election against former President Donald Trump.
In a head-to-head comparison between Harris and Trump, the two are tied at 41%, with another 18% stating they are undecided about their vote in the fictitious 2024 election.
However, when the former president was pitted against Newsom, the California Democrat only held a one point lead (39 to 40%).