Vice President Kamala Harris rejected the idea of allowing religious exemptions if she becomes president in her push to codify Roe v. Wade.
Harris — who has already indicated that she is willing to blow up the Senate filibuster to ram through her agenda — signaled support for an even more extreme measure during an NBC News interview that aired Tuesday night.
Interviewer Hallie Jackson asked Harris if she would be willing to offer concessions on abortion to get legislation passed to protect access to it.
“Religious exemptions, for example, is that something that you would consider with a Republican-controlled Congress?” she asked.
Harris snapped back: “I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body.”
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“A basic freedom has been taken from the women of America: the freedom to make decisions about their own body,” she claimed. “And that cannot be negotiable, which is that we need to put back in the protections of Roe v Wade. And that is it.”
When asked about having to face the realities of a divided Congress, Harris refused to engage, saying: “I’m not going to go down that rabbit hole with you right now.”
The remarks from Harris come as she plans to visit Texas on Friday where she will campaign on the issue of abortion.
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— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 22, 2024
