WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris, the highest-ranking elected woman in American history, is likely to play an expanded role in pushing the Democrats’ political case on protecting abortion rights as the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“Opponents of Roe want to punish women and take away their rights to make decisions about their own bodies,” Harris said Tuesday in a statement more combative than the one issued by President Joe Biden earlier in the day. “Republican legislators in states across the country are weaponizing the use of the law against women.
“The rights of all Americans are at risk,” she added. “If the right to privacy is weakened, every person could face a future in which the government can potentially interfere in the personal decisions you make about your life. This is the time to fight for women and for our country with everything we have.”
