In her only vice-presidential debate, Kamala Harris escaped without ever being pressed on her extreme views on abortion.
Mike Pence mentioned that Harris and Joe Biden “support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth” and “late-term abortion.” During these comments, Harris inexplicably shook her head no. Harris never addressed this, and the moderator never pressed her on it.
What Harris said on abortion was, “I will always fight for a woman’s right to make a decision about her own body. It should be her decision and not that of Donald Trump, and the Vice President, Michael Pence….” Then she changed the topic.
Reporters should press Harris on her abortion views, because they are extreme, and voters have a right to know that an abortion extremist could be Vice President.
· Harris wants to treat pro-life laws like Jim Crow laws, basically considering states criminal if they pass laws to protect the unborn. That is, she considers the pro-life position and opposition to Roe — a position held by half of the country — to be outside the bounds of permissible opinion.
· She prosecutes pro-life journalists. “On this issue,” when talking about how she’ll handle pro-lifers, Kamala says, “I’m a former prosecutor.” Sure enough, she teamed up with abortion giant Planned Parenthood to prosecute activist filmmaker David Daleiden for his undercover films exposing Planned Parenthood’s business in selling the remains of the babies they abort.
· She would strip away conscience protections for doctors or nurses who do not want to take part in abortions. That’s a provision in the “Women’s Health Protection Act” that she cosponsors.
· She opposes even the basic requirements on abortion, including parental notification, waiting periods, and informed consent laws. Those could all be gutted by the “Women’s Health Protection Act.”
· She supports late-term abortions.
Most Americans, in a recent CBS poll, want abortion more restricted than it is now. When the House in 2014 tried to outlaw abortions after 20 weeks, a Quinnipiac poll showed that the country supported that, 60% to 33%.
Harris is way outside the mainstream, and she’s planning on never being pressed on that.
