Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized the significance of abortion in a potential rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump during a visit to Wisconsin.
Harris criticized Trump’s Supreme Court nominations and highlighted the impact of the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
She also addressed the suspension of abortions in Wisconsin, incorrectly attributing it to extremists.
“We need to understand the horrific reality that women face every single day. Since Roe was overturned, I have met women who have had miscarriages in toilets because they were refused care,” Harris said.
“As we face this crisis, as we are clear-eyed about the harm, let us also understand who is responsible.”
“He intended for them to take your freedoms. And it is a decision he brags about,” she said. “Proud that women across our nation are suffering? Proud that women have been robbed of a fundamental freedom? That doctors could be thrown in prison for caring for patients? That young women today have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers? How dare he.”
Harris’s visit coincided with Biden’s actions to expand access to abortion medication and contraception.
The visit took place as Republican lawmakers held a hearing on a bill to ban abortions after 14 weeks, drawing criticism from Harris.
The significance of abortion as a political issue in Wisconsin was highlighted, with Democrats targeting voters in Waukesha County.
“These extremists want to roll back the clock to a time before women were treated as full citizens — Wisconsin to the 1800s. Just look at what happened here in this beautiful state of Wisconsin. After Roe was dismantled, extremists evoked a law from 1849 to stop abortions in this state,” Harris later said. “As a result, across this state, reproductive care clinics had to close. And hospitals had to turn women away.”
The Republican Party criticized Harris’s visit, accusing her of diverting attention from economic and border issues.
“They cannot defend their record, so they need to try to distract people from their record,” Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming said.
“I’m curious why the governor and why the Democrats at the Capitol don’t want to put the issue before the voters. … My question is, what are they afraid of?” he said.
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