Trump’s Desire to Return America to 1800s Linked to Abortion, Says US Vice President Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris, the Vice President, warned the public that a second Trump presidency would bring about more bans and less freedom. She made these remarks at a rally in Tucson, Arizona, shortly after the state declared almost all abortions illegal. Harris attributed the ban to the populist former president and cautioned that worse was to come if he wins the White House. The conservative supreme court of Arizona recently rolled back reproductive rights to the Civil War era by upholding an 1864 ban on abortion, rendering almost all pregnancy terminations illegal with no exceptions for rape or incest.

This decision aligned Arizona with a growing number of states severely limiting the procedure, a trend prompted by the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade. Harris’s speech was part of a Democratic strategy to hold Trump accountable for the wave of bans, aiming to bolster support for his November opponent, Joe Biden. She accused Trump of orchestrating the health care crisis and alleged that more than 20 states have implemented bans due to his influence. Trump, on the other hand, finds himself in a challenging position regarding the abortion issue.

He has taken credit for removing the nationwide right to abortion but has also urged states not to implement the bans that are a natural consequence of his actions. Moreover, he called on Arizona to use “common sense” and “act immediately” to address the abortion law, emphasizing the need for exceptions in cases of rape, incest, and the mother’s life. Despite his statements, Trump has made unsubstantiated claims about his Democratic opponents supporting the execution of babies after birth, revealing a misrepresentation of their position. *Please note that this article has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed except for the headline.

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