Vice President Kamala Harris has compared the Supreme Court's abortion ruling to slavery. Harris uttered these words at the 113th NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Convention in New Jersey to criticize the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which has been 49 years in the making. But the Court has ruled that abortion is not a constitutional right.
The Democrat criticized anti-abortionists, whom she said are "the same ones who are passing laws to restrict the ability to vote."
Harris heads the Biden Administration's campaign for so-called reproductive rights, under which they have created a specific website: ReproductiveRights.gov.
In her speech to the NAACP, Harris made the aforementioned comparison to slavery and proclaimed that everyone owns his or her own body:
"Our country has a history of claiming ownership over human bodies."
Our fight for reproductive rights is not only on the national level, but on the state and local. I’m in New Jersey to meet with state legislators who have passed laws to protect the right to reproductive health care and the right of health care providers to provide services.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) July 18, 2022
Criticism of the reversal of 'Roe v. Wade'.
Indeed, the comparison to slaves came in the wake of Harris' fierce criticism of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. He added that what is happening today bears much resemblance to human trafficking:
"Today, so-called extremist leaders are criminalizing physicians and punishing women from making medical decisions for themselves."
Every woman in America should be free to make decisions about her body and her life with her doctor, her loved ones, and her faith leader. The government should not tell her what to do.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) July 18, 2022
White House declines to comment on Kamala Harris' remarks
White House spokeswoman (Karine Jean Pierre) declined to comment on Kamala Harris' comparison. Asked at a press conference, she did not clarify whether Joe Biden agrees with Kamala Harris in this simile.
Karine Jean-Pierre won’t say if Biden agrees with Kamala Harris comparing abortion to slavery. pic.twitter.com/9L7V37fUid
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 18, 2022
