Vice President Kamala Harris says she worries other rights might be endangered after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark case legalizing abortion.
Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the landmark decision legalizing abortion, is likely to endanger other rights, including those of gay marriage and birth control., was merely saying “the quiet part out loud” as the court’s conservative wing increasingly asserts itself.Supreme Court issued its historic 5-4 abortion rulingHarris is emerging as a leading advocate of the administration on abortion rights.
The vice president, in the interview, said she was on Air Force Two when the announcement came, on her way to Aurora, Ill. to showcase the administration’s policies dealing with maternal health. She said she was shocked when she learned the news and followed coverage on her plane’s television. “They actually did it,” Harris recalled thinking at that moment. “The court actually took a constitutional right that has been recognized for half a century and took it from the women of America. That’s shocking.”Harris pledged to do everything she could to fight for women who seek abortions. But she declined to endorse altering the Senate’s filibuster rules to allow a simple majority to codify abortion rights nationally.
Instead, she said the administration is focusing on maintaining the availability of drug-induced abortions and ensuring low-income women have the ability to travel, if needed, to states that allow doctors to perform them. Harris said the Biden administration is considering using travel vouchers for low-income women who may need to travel out of their home states to seek medical care. She pointed out that many such women cannot afford to make such trips because they also must pay for child care and other expenses.
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