The clues in Kamala Harris’s championing of reproductive rights
Abortion has been the issue on which the presumptive Democratic nominee has been most visible and effective
“We…will stop Donald Trump’s extreme abortion bans because we trust women to make decisions about their own bodies and not have their government tell them what to do,” Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee, told a roaring crowd near Milwaukee on July 23rd. “When Congress passes a law to restore reproductive freedoms, as president of the United States I will sign it.”
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United States July 27th 2024
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