NonilexMay 1, 2024

#KamalaHarris calls push for #ReproductiveRights 'a fight for freedom' in speech & assails '#TrumpAbortionBan' in #Florida

Kamala Harris in #Jacksonville, FL, discussed #abortion #access as a “fundamental freedom”.

“This is a fight for freedom, the fundamental freedom to make decisions about one’s own body & not have their government tell them what they’re supposed to do,” the VP said.

#Trump #AbortionBan #law #SCOTUS #RoeVWade #Dobbs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/speaker-mike-johnson-marjorie-taylor-greene-updates

Arizona senate passes bill to repeal 1864 abortion ban; Harris says Trump’s insistence he doesn’t back national ban is ‘gaslighting’ – live

Lawmakers have enough votes to repeal ban on almost all abortions; cice-president calls abortion access a ‘fundamental freedom’ in Florida as state’s six-week ban takes effect

the Guardian
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“As we know, almost 2 yrs ago, the highest court in our land, the court of Thurgood & RBG, took a constitutional right that had been recognized from the people of America, from the women of America. And now, in states across our nation, extremists have proposed & passed #laws that criminalize doctors, punish women – laws that threatened doctors & nurses w/prison time, even for life, simply for providing #ReproductiveCare,” VP #KamalaHarris said.

#Abortion #ReproductiveRights #Florida #VoteBlue

May 1, 2024 at 6:52pmWeb
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VP #KamalaHarris then pivoted to the meat of her argument to #Florida voters: that #Trump was to blame for the #AbortionBan that just went into effect in the state, as well as others like it nationwide.

“Across our nation, we witnessed a full on assault, state by state, on #ReproductiveFreedom, & understand who is to blame: former president Donald Trump did this,” Harris said.

#Abortion #access #ReproductiveRights #AbortionIsHealthCare #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024

Show threadNonilexMay 1, 2024

“Donald #Trump hand picked 3 members of the #UnitedStates #SupremeCourt because he intended for them to overturn #Roe, & as he intended, they did.”

#KamalaHarris harkened back to her grilling, as a senator on the judiciary cmte, of 2 of Trump’s #SCOTUS nominees, saying it was clear after their confirmation that the days of nationwide #abortion #access were numbered:

#law #AbortionBan #ReproductiveRights #AbortionIsHealthCare #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024

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“& it happened just as Donald #Trump intended. Now, present day because of Donald Trump, more than 20 states have #AbortionBans, more than 20 #TrumpAbortionBans. & today, this very day at the stroke of midnight, another Trump #AbortionBan went into effect here in #Florida. As of this morning, 4 million #women in this state woke up w/fewer reproductive freedoms than they had last night. This is the new reality under a Trump #abortion ban.”

#law #ReproductiveRights #BidenHarris2024

Show threadAmanda HugankissMay 1, 2024
@Nonilex Also, women vote for Trump.
Show threadAmoshiasMay 1, 2024
@Nonilex the idea that Trump "hand picked" them is ridiculous. Trump didn't give the tiniest crap about supreme Court justice. He abdicated that power to Leonard Leo and his billionaire benefactors.