Right to abortion in US: Vice President Kamala Harris speaks of ‘attack on freedom’

Former United States Vice President and Republican Attorney General Kamala Harris said Tuesday that the Republicans intend to revoke the right to abortion at the federal level following the explosive revelation in the press turn the issue into a political “weapon” in the run-up to the November midterm elections, talking about an “attack” on women and “freedom”, giving a glimpse of how the White House intends to use the issue to mobilize the electoral base.

“If the (Supreme) Court overturns Rowe v. Wade, it will be an attack on freedom,” said Harris, speaking at an Emily’s List event. who are in favor of abortion.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court confirmed the authenticity of the draft decision first revealed by the news website Politico, stressing, however, that this is not something final.

Ms. Harris’s speech was planned before the draft decision of the top body of American justice – an unprecedented event – was leaked, but her appearance took on another dimension.

Mrs. Harris is for many the natural choice of the Biden administration to raise the issue in the election campaign.

Republicans want to regain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the November midterm elections. Democrats are likely to try to put abortion right at the heart of the political battle to mobilize their constituents. Today, they have a slim majority in both houses of the US Congress.

A poll by the Ipsos Institute on behalf of the Reuters news agency found that two-thirds of voters would support candidates for the right to abortion.

The Vice President has been a staunch supporter of efforts to improve women’s health and especially their right to abortion for years. She has been awarded by family planning organizations and was also a keynote speaker at the Emily’s List event in 2015, when she ran for the Senate.

Yesterday, he judged that in the last 24 hours it was clear what the positions of the Democrats and the Republicans are on the issue.

“Some Republican leaders are trying to turn the use of the law against women into a weapon. How dare they. How dare they tell a woman what she can and can not do with her own body. How dare they try to stop her from doing so. “They determine her future. How dare they try to deprive women of their rights and freedoms,” she said.

Experts estimate that one in four women in the United States will have an abortion at least once in their lifetime. Of those, 75% have a low income, 59% are already mothers, and 55% have problems preventing them from becoming mothers, for example losing their job, according to Caitlin Knowles Myers, a professor of economics at Middlebury College. on the impact of reproductive health policies.

Source: AMPE

Source: Capital

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