{"id":41289,"date":"2024-01-23T07:47:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T07:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=41289"},"modified":"2024-01-23T07:47:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T07:47:26","slug":"biden-and-harris-campaign-for-abortion-rights-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2024\/01\/23\/biden-and-harris-campaign-for-abortion-rights-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden and Harris campaign for abortion rights in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President\u00a0Joe Biden<\/strong>\u00a0and Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/strong>\u00a0will share the stage on Tuesday in Virginia as they campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in an election expected to feature a rematch with\u00a0Donald Trump<\/strong>, the former Republican president.\u00a0
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Biden and Harris will be joined by their spouses, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff. It\u2019s the first time the four of them have appeared together since the campaign began, a reflection of the importance that Democrats are putting on abortion this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris was in Wisconsin in Monday<\/strong> to mark the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The decision was overturned two years ago, and Trump helped pave the way by nominating three conservative justices to the court during his term. He recently said he was \u201cproud\u201d of his role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProud that women across our nation are suffering?\u201d Harris said. \u201cProud that women have been robbed of a fundamental freedom? Proud that doctors could be thrown in prison for caring for their patients? That young women today have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin was Harris\u2019 first stop on what\u2019s expected to be a nationwide tour focused on abortion<\/strong>, which she described as an integral part of the country\u2019s tradition of personal liberty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn America, freedom is not to be given. It is not to be bestowed. It is ours by right,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that includes the freedom to make decisions about one\u2019s own body \u2014 not the government telling you what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris shared stories of women who have miscarried in toilets or developed sepsis because they were denied help by doctors concerned about violating abortion restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is, in fact, a healthcare crisis,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd there is nothing about this that is hypothetical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abortion is also the focus of Biden\u2019s new television advertisement featuring Dr. Austin Dennard, an OB-GYN in Texas who had to leave her state to get an abortion when she learned that her baby had a fatal condition called anencephaly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Texas, you are forced to carry that pregnancy, and that is because of Donald Trump overturning Roe v. Wade,\u201d Dennard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Democrats want to restore the rights that were established in Roe v. Wade, there\u2019s no chance of that with the current makeup of the Supreme Court and Republican control of the House. However, they\u2019ve been successful in state-level campaigns when the topic of abortion is on the ballot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need the American people to keep making their voices heard,\u201d Biden said at a meeting of his reproductive rights task force on Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House is pushing against the limits of its ability to ensure access to abortion. On Monday, it announced the creation of a team dedicated to helping hospitals comply with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which requires hospitals receiving federal money to provide life-saving treatment when a patient is at risk of dying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Health and Human Services said it would beef up training at hospitals concerning the law and publish new information on how to lodge a complaint against a hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some advocacy groups have criticized HHS for not responding aggressively enough to such complaints. Last week, The Associated Press reported<\/strong> that federal officials did not find any violation of the law when an Oklahoma hospital instructed a 26-year-old woman to wait in a parking lot until her condition worsened to qualify for an abortion of her nonviable pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Harris and Democrats have embraced abortion as a campaign issue, Republicans are shying away or calling for a truce, fearful of sparking more backlash from voters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikki Haley<\/strong>, the former South Carolina governor who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, recently made a plea to \u201cfind consensus\u201d on the divisive issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs much as I\u2019m pro-life, I don\u2019t judge anyone for being pro-choice, and I don\u2019t want them to judge me for being pro-life,\u201d she said during a primary debate in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has taken credit for helping to overturn Roe v. Wade, but he has balked at laws like Florida\u2019s ban on abortions after six weeks, which was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who dropped out of the Republican nomination race<\/strong> over the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have to win elections,\u201d Trump said during a recent Fox News town hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House has repeatedly turned to Harris, the first woman to serve as vice president, to make its case on abortion. Her outspokenness contrasts with Biden\u2019s more reticent approach<\/strong>. Although he is a longtime supporter of abortion rights, he mentions the issue less often and sometimes avoids using the word abortion even when he discusses the issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamal Simmons, a former communications director for Harris, said abortion \u201cfocused her attention and her office in a way that nothing had before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe president and the vice president appeal to different parts of the party,\u201d Simmons said. \u201cThey\u2019re stronger as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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