Vice President Kamala Harris warned that other established rights such as same-sex marriage and access to contraception could come under assault from the Supreme Court next following the high court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
, who wrote the court should"reconsider" other"demonstrably erroneous decisions" involving the due process clause.
Thirteen states have so-called trigger laws that will go into effect banning abortion in nearly all instances and only sometimes offering exceptions for rape and incest. Other states in the South and Midwest are also looking at curbing abortion rights.
Harris expressed dismay that some states could ban abortions even in the case of rape and incest:"The idea that after a woman has endured such violence to her body, that she would not have the freedom and authority to decide whether she wanted to continue with a pregnancy that is a result off an act of violence, is absolutely unthinkable."
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