Listen – On Wisconsin Public Radio, Vice President Harris calls for elimination of filibuster to codify Roe – WisPolitics

This morning on Wisconsin Public Radio, Vice President Kamala Harris stressed her support for eliminating the filibuster to pass a law to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade and protect women’s reproductive freedom, which Donald Trump brags about ripping away.

“I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” said Vice President Harris. “To actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom, and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.”

It comes as Donald Trump last night claimed that the issue of reproductive freedom and abortion “no longer pertains” in the country, even as we are learning about women dying under his abortion bans. Last week, Vice President Harris condemnedthe “health care crisis” that Donald Trump created by overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Read the Excerpt from the Interview Below

On passing a federal bill to codify abortion rights:

Kate Archer Kent: “You’ve said you want to work with Congress to pass a federal bill to codify abortion rights. How do you plan to get enough support in Congress to restore abortion rights when you’d likely need to pass the Senate filibuster, you’d have potential legal hurdles?”

Vice President Harris: “Well, let me first say to all your listeners, you must reelect your senator, Tammy Baldwin, because we need the votes in Congress to do exactly what you are saying. And that’s true, and it is well within our reach to hold onto the majority in the Senate and take back the House. And so I would also emphasize that while the presidential election is extremely important and dispositive of where we go moving forward, it also is about what we need to do to hold onto the Senate and win seats in the House. That being said, I’ve been very clear. I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe … to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom, and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.”