California senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Kamala Harris says that, if elected, she will require states trying to pass anti-abortion measures that could violate Roe v. Wade to get “preclearance” through the Justice Department similar to the Voting Rights Act. This is Senator Harris speaking to Lawrence O’Donnell during an MSNBC town hall Tuesday night about her proposed Reproductive Rights Act.

Sen. Kamala Harris: “When elected, I’m going to put in place and require that states that have a history of passing legislation that is designed to prevent or limit a woman’s access to reproductive healthcare, that those laws have to come before my Department of Justice for a review and approval, and until we determine that they are constitutional, they will not take effect.”