WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the Biden administration’s leading voice in the battle over abortion rights, as the president has yet to forcefully weigh in on an issue that may offer Democrats a lifeline in November’s midterm elections.
Harris on Monday defended abortion access before a group of faith leaders in Los Angeles, continuing the steady emphasis she’s placed on the issue ever since Politico published a leaked draft opinion showing the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is prepared to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
“To support Roe v. Wade and all it stands for does not mean giving up your beliefs,” Harris said at the event. “It is simply about agreeing a woman should be able to make that decision with her faith leader, with her family, with her physician and that the government should not be making that decision for her.”
