{"id":298547,"date":"2023-09-13T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T15:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=298547"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:34:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:34:58","slug":"vp-harris-dodges-abortion-cut-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/vp-harris-dodges-abortion-cut-off\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Kamala Harris dodges question about beliefs on when abortion should be ‘cut off’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly dodged<\/a> a simple question asked by “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan, who urged the VP to share what she believes should be the cut-off for legal abortion.<\/p>\n

Brennan noted that Harris has long been an abortion supporter but that the “math doesn’t add up” for President Biden to come through on his promise of a federal law to codify abortion as a right. “Don’t you need to level with the American people and say this is not a realistic promise to make for 2024?” she asked Harris.<\/p>\n

“What is it you believe?” continued Brennan. “I mean, what week of pregnancy should abortion access be cut off?”<\/p>\n

Harris replied, “We need to restore the protections of Roe versus Wade<\/em>. We’re not trying to do something new.”<\/p>\n

Brennan called that “nebulous” and reminded Harris that Roe v. Wade<\/em> allowed abortion on demand through viability (and for so-called health reasons until birth). She told Harris that viability fell at 20-24 weeks under Roe<\/em>, but Harris still refused to give a direct response, despite using the words “clear” and “precise” multiple times.<\/p>\n

“Let me be clear,” said Harris. “From day one, the president has been clear, I have been clear. We need to put back the protections that are in Roe v. Wade<\/em> into law since the Supreme Court took it. Congress has the power and ability to pass legislation to put those protections back in law and Joe Biden will sign that bill. That is what we want.”<\/p>\n