Vice President Kamala Harris redefined the abortion debate on Monday, placing blame for the state ban directly on Donald Trump. A harsh six-week ban She called the bill that took effect in Iowa on Monday “the Trump abortion ban.”
“Today, Iowa enacted the Trump abortion ban. Iowa becomes the 22nd state in the nation to enact the Trump abortion ban, and it will go into effect before many women even know they are pregnant,” she said in a video released by her campaign. “That means one in three women of reproductive age in America lives in a state with a Trump abortion ban.”
That means she mentioned the word “abortion” three times, and she invoked these extreme state laws against Trump three times.
Iowa follows. Florida, Georgia, South Carolina When it comes to banning abortions if a fetal “heartbeat” can be detected as early as six weeks into pregnancy, medical experts say this is what it really sounds like: electric pulse As the system that will eventually become the heart is formed, there is no science behind these bans, only policies that punish women.
In addition to Harris, Democrats were quick to respond. Here’s Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker welcoming Iowans to his state for treatment.
Iowa Ban Demand will increase dramatically When Missouri enacted a ban on abortion in neighboring states, patients from the Midwest We started our journey to Iowa“This is going to have a huge impact on the region, especially the Midwest and the South,” Sarah Traxler, a Minnesota-based obstetrician-gynecologist and chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood North Central States, told Minnesota Public Radio.
It could also have a big impact on the White House race: Sixty-one percent of registered voters on Civiqs’ daily tracker support legal abortion in all or most cases.
“What we need to do is vote,” Harris said Monday. “I will tell you that when I become president of the United States, I will sign legislation that protects reproductive freedom. So let’s get this done.”
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