Vice President Kamala Harris bristled Sunday at Republican accusations that Democrats support abortion up to birth, but declined to specify where the line should be drawn.
“It’s ridiculous,” Harris said in a wide-ranging interview on “Face the Nation” in response to the GOP claims. “It’s a mischaracterization.”
“I’m being precise. We need to sign the protections of Roe v. Wade. And it’s about getting back to where we were before the Dobbs decision.”
Moderator Margaret Brennan repeatedly questioned Harris about what such action would mean in terms of a limit on the procedure for terminating a pregnancy.
Brennan pointed to precedents first established in Roe. V. Wade allowed restrictions beyond “between 20 and 24 weeks.”
“No, no, no, no, no,” Harris responded. “We need to put the protections that exist in Roe v. “Wade.”
Harris stressed that “we are not trying to do something new” and that “the vast majority” of the American people are on their side.
Vice President Kamala Harris called Republican claims that Democrats want to allow abortion up to birth “ridiculous” and a “mischaracterization.” YASUYOSHI CHIBA/Pool via REUTERS
Republicans have criticized Democrats for being evasive about where they would draw the line on abortion while fighting dismal public support for greater restrictions.
Last month, for example, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) bristled after an NBC reporter denied his accusation that Democrats want abortion to be legal “up to the moment of birth in some.” cases.”
An estimated 1.3% of abortions nationwide are performed after 21 weeks of gestation, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Harris called for the protections of Roe v. Wade.Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images
Fetal viability is generally believed to occur around six months of pregnancy. The record for survival of the first premature baby is approximately 21 weeks.
DeSantis’ campaign released a compilation of prominent Democrats such as Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who declined to specify a cutoff point.
There have also been laws championed by Democrats in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade that appear to eliminate limits on abortion.
For example, Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill over the summer allowing the procedure at any time during pregnancy if a doctor deems it medically necessary.
Many Democrats have responded to Republicans with arguments that, in some cases, late-term abortions are medically necessary and therefore deserve some type of exclusion.
To ensure women’s right to abortion nationwide, Harris emphasized that both she and President Biden depend on voters, citing a 60-vote threshold in the Senate to overcome the filibuster and Republican control of the House.
Harris was confident that she and Biden will prevail in 2024.
“We will win, we will win re-election. There is too much at stake and the American people know it,” Harris declared, dismissing a question about whether they are underestimating former President Donald Trump.
In the election campaign, some contenders such as Republican candidate Nikki Haley have warned that a vote for Biden, 80, will mean that Harris, 58, will assume power.
“There’s nothing new about that,” Harris said of the attacks.
“Yes, I am, if necessary,” she responded when asked if she was ready to take on the role. “But Joe Biden is going to be fine.”
Harris said she is confident that she and Biden will win the election in 2024.Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage
Biden is already the oldest sitting president in US history and would be 86 years old at the end of a hypothetical second term.
Trump and Biden are neck and neck in an avalanche of national polls, which overestimated Republican support in the 2022 midterm elections.
Biden holds a slim 0.4 percentage point lead over Trump in the most recent aggregate from RealClearPolitics.
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