Pro-abortion advocates have been pushing for Democrats to bring up abortion at the presidential debates, which have primarily focused on issues such as immigration, affordable healthcare, and now impeachment.
So, to cash in on the fourth-wave feminist vacuum left by the loss of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Kamala Harris used a question about healthcare in Tuesday’s debate to plug abortion legislation.
“This is the sixth debate we have had in this presidential cycle, and not nearly one word with all of these discussions about healthcare on women’s access to reproductive health care, which is under full-on attack in America today,” the California senator said. “It’s outrageous.”
If we don’t pass pro-abortion legislation, she argued, “It is not an exaggeration to say: Women will die. Poor women, women of color will die.”
“Women are the majority of the population in this country,” she continued. “People need to keep their hands off of women’s bodies and let women make the decisions about their own lives, and let’s talk about that.”
“People need to keep their hands off of women’s bodies and let women make the decisions about their own lives.” @KamalaHarris claims “women will die” as a result of Republican policies on abortion. pic.twitter.com/4f6ZWCi2L1
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) October 16, 2019
Of course, that’s a gross simplification of the debate, but don’t expect Democrats to introduce any more nuance into the conversation.
Sen. Cory Booker, who would like to remind us that he’s also a feminist, quickly added, “Women are people, and people deserve to control their bodies.”
Women are people, we all agree. Democrats just don’t think they’re people until they leave the womb.
