Harris takes aim at Republicans who approved abortion restrictions
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade by taking aim at Republicans who approved abortion restrictions, including in Florida where she spoke and whose GOP-led Legislature approved a 15-week ban without exceptions for rape and incest.
“All of these devastating experiences is the direct result of laws designed by extremists including in states like Florida,” Harris said while telling the stories of people who have experienced trying to get an abortion. “Last year, so-called leaders at the state House here in Tallahassee passed a radical abortion ban with no exceptions, even for the survivors of crimes like rape and child molestation and human trafficking.”
Florida’s Legislature passed a controversial ban on abortion last year after 15 weeks without exceptions for rape and incest. A legal challenge to it is being considered by the state Supreme Court.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a likely 2024 presidential candidate, supported the ban and has said he backs abortion restrictions beyond the current law. Before Harris took the state at The Moon nightclub in Tallahassee, attendees in the audience chanted, “Hey ho, DeSantis has to go.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/22/harris-republicans-abortion-restrictions-00078911
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