Abortion is poised to be a central issue in the 2024 presidential election. As a senator, presidential nominee Kamala Harris was a strong advocate for abortion rights, including cosponsoring legislation that would have banned state-level restrictions like mandatory medical tests. Harris’s vice-presidential pick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, signed a law in early 2023 safeguarding abortion rights in his state against future court changes. Additionally, he signed legislation that expanded funding for abortion services and eliminated restrictions, including informed consent requirements and a 24-hour waiting period.
Watch the video above as Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker argues that the Harris-Walz ticket holds extreme views on abortion rights and that it is up to the Republican nominees to bring these views to the attention of all Americans.
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The following is an excerpt from the above video:
The Harris-Walz abortion bill will require taxpayers to fund abortion for any reason throughout all nine months of pregnancy. It overrides every federal and state conscience protection for doctors and nurses who don’t want to be forced to perform abortions, and it makes a special point of overriding protections under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
Walz has already signed this kind of extreme legislation at the state level, and he repealed protection for babies born alive during a late-term abortion procedure. Harris and Walz have both expressed a desire to shut down pregnancy care centers that help women facing difficult pregnancies. They are the most extreme abortion advocates who have ever run for president and vice president. This shouldn’t be hard for Trump and Vance to explain. They just need to step up and do it.
