She called Republicans hypocrites for claiming to care about women and children.
The first ballots are being cast in the 2024 presidential election.on Friday slammed former President Donald Trump and Republicans for being "hypocrites" in a high-profile speech in Atlanta, following a ProPublica report that detailed the deaths of two Georgia women it said were a direct result of the state's six-week abortion ban.
She continued: "And these hypocrites want to start talking about what's in the best interest of women and children. Well, where ya been, where ya been when it comes to taking care of the women and children of America, where ya been? How dare they?" She brought up the election-season U.S. Senate vote to advance legislation that would guarantee federal protections and insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization treatments that was blocked by Republicans after Trump called himself a "leader" on the issue.
In Detroit on Thursday, Harris was able to meet with the family of Amber Thurman, one of the women ProPublica featured in its report, while participating in a livestream event with Oprah Winfrey. Her mother, Shanette Thurman, told Harris that she could not stop thinking about the word "preventable."
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