With President Joe Biden out of the race for the presidency, the abortion industry finally has a tried-and-true puppet in Vice President Kamala Harris. Besides the obvious mental incapacity of Biden, his inability to say “abortion” freely irked his reproductive rights supporters. But no more.
This race is going to focus on abortion even more than it already has, thanks to a candidate who is more than willing to carry the water for her chosen cause. Harris is not just pro-abortion. She is vehemently opposed to any reasonable restrictions on abortion. She has used her power in office to obliterate the weak while attempting to remove religious freedom protections.
In 2016, Harris used her position as California’s attorney general to raid the apartment of David Daledein, who caught her buddies over at Planned Parenthood discussing the fees they charge for body parts of aborted babies, a violation of federal law. Many pro-life groups called on her to resign for the abuse of power and conflict of interest, as Planned Parenthood was (and is) a major donor of her campaigns. When she was announced as the vice presidential choice for the Biden ticket in 2020, Planned Parenthood released an online ad glorifying Harris and put five figures behind it.
Harris has been a favorite for political donations since she ran for Senate. She even earned the endorsement of Reproductive Freedom for All (then called NARAL) when she ran against Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), who voted 100% with NARAL while in office.
Harris has raked in donations from EMILY’s List, which donates to women who unabashedly support abortion; the Center for Reproductive Rights; and WomenCount, a PAC founded by a longtime supporter of Hillary Clinton. EMILY’s List has said it plans to dump $20 million into the presidential race in support of Harris.
Her extreme views on abortion are well-documented. On Face the Nation in September 2023, Harris was repeatedly asked if and when there should be any restrictions on abortions. She refused to answer and said, “I am being precise. We need to put into law the protections of Roe v. Wade. And that is about going back to where we were before the Dobbs decision.”
Well, Roe v. Wade and its companion case, Doe V. Bolton, allowed abortion at any point in pregnancy for any reason. So maybe she was clear without saying that she does support abortion up to birth, a view with which the vast majority of Americans disagree. According to Gallup, 55% oppose abortion in the second trimester, and 70% oppose it in the third trimester.
Harris despises people who use their power to fight for others. In 2015, she praised the Reproductive FACT Act, which forced pro-life pregnancy centers to tell clients where they could get free abortions in California and advertise abortion clinics, a direct violation of their conscience. Thankfully, that law was struck down in NIFLA v. Becerra at the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 2019, then-Sen. Kamala Harris introduced the Do No Harm Act, which effectively sought to remove religious freedom protections. This meant a pro-life doctor who participated in any kind of state or federal reimbursement program would be forced against his or her will to perform abortions.
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It’s like Harris goes out of her way to attack the vulnerable and those with whom she disagrees. In her own words, we really should “imagine what can be, unburdened by what has been.” If I’m interpreting her favorite quote correctly, voters should be unburdened by what has been and thoughtfully consider what a Harris administration would mean for those who are people of faith and who fight for those with no voice.
You and I will be forced to pay for abortions, for gender surgeries, for everything that is fundamentally against our most deeply held beliefs. Harris is ultimately controlled by an industry that despises people like that. I cannot even begin to imagine the havoc those groups will wreak on this country if they get their way.
Abby Johnson is CEO and founder of And Then There Were None and ProLove Ministries.