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Biden, Harris Go After GOP as They Mark 51st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

HeadlineJan 23, 2024

The Biden administration announced new measures to strengthen access to reproductive care on the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. These include making contraception more accessible and free under the Affordable Care Act and ensuring hospitals provide emergency abortions nationwide. Both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris gave addresses Monday excoriating Republicans for their continued attack on abortion rights, as Democrats seek to harness persistent voter rage over the Supreme Court’s undoing of Roe v. Wade in 2022. This is Vice President Harris speaking from the battleground state of Wisconsin as she kicked off a national tour on abortion rights.

Vice President Kamala Harris: “In the last 19 months, in states across our nation, extremists have proposed and passed laws that criminalize doctors and punish women. … Today in America, one in three women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban. One in three.”

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