Associated Press
Kamala Harris blasted Donald Trump as a threat to women’s freedoms and their very lives, warning in a speech in the battleground state of Georgia on Friday that Republicans would continue to choke off access to abortion if he returns to the White House.
The Democratic vice president’s visit came days after ProPublica reported that two women in the state died after they did not get proper medical treatment for complications from taking abortion pills to end their pregnancies.
Such deaths, Harris said, were not only preventable but predictable because of laws that have been implemented since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Although Georgia’s six-week ban allows abortions in early pregnancy to save a mother’s life, critics say the law has created dangerous confusion for doctors about when they’re allowed to provide care.
Harris shared the story of Amber Thurman, a mother who decided to have an abortion when she became pregnant again.
“She had her future all planned out,” Harris said. “And it was her plan. What she wanted to do for herself, for her son, for their future.”
However, Thurman waited more than 20 hours at the hospital for a routine medical procedure known as a D&C to clear out remaining tissue after taking abortion pills. She developed sepsis and died.
“She was loved,” Harris said. “And she should be alive today.”
Harris has been outspoken on abortion rights ever since the Supreme Court’s decision more than two years ago, but Friday’s speech in Atlanta was her first focused squarely on the issue since replacing President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket.
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
22 comments
Bobblehead Kammy
September 21, 2024 at 2:42 pm
She simply can’t campaign on anything else. That’s why we get word salad on anything but abortion.
PeterH
September 21, 2024 at 6:49 pm
I know you won’t stop complaining about abortion discussions especially because you know the ratio of women to men in Florida is approximately 52:48. FYI all of Harris’s policies are available for your consideration and consumption on her website. There is no need for Harris to follow the Fox wingnut protocol of “we want you to do more press interviews” ….. because there is no need to give right wing acolytes any new ideas for their spin machine.
rick whitaker
September 21, 2024 at 8:26 pm
MAGA MARK, that’s a bald face lie. only a punk’s punk would say something like that about such a fine american official.
Bobblehead Kammy
September 21, 2024 at 9:03 pm
Can she campaign on the Southern Border / immigration problem?
Can she campaign on the inflationary economy? Now before JD chimes in and now says inflation is single digits, those double digit price increases are still there.
Can she campaign on crime? How about reimagining and / or defunding the police?
You have amnesia Rick.
rick whitaker
September 21, 2024 at 9:10 pm
MAGA MARK, you just listed 5 maga talking points in your pitiful post. harris will do fine in all the areas you mentioned, trump sure failed us in those areas. since you are brainwashed with false maga concepts, you will continue to rant the losing maga talking points long after harris takes office. some people, i suspect you, never recover from brainwashing.
Billy Rotberg
September 23, 2024 at 3:27 pm
What is this so-called plan Harris has and why isn’t the current administration implementing it to deal with these problems?
cassandra
September 24, 2024 at 11:41 am
Kamala Harris is addressing everything you mention. But there is absolutely no comparison between wanting cheaper gas and having your right to your own body and life taken away because of someone else’s religious opinion.
FORCED BIRTH is IMMORAL!
Women have UNALIENABLE RIGHTS to LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT of HAPPINESS!
THE SAGE "E" [FKA ELVIS FKA EARL]
September 22, 2024 at 4:57 pm
Laken Riley was killed by an Illegal thug which Kamalla let into our Great Nation while she was serving as “Border Czar”.
How in the world did the above “STORY” get so “TWISTED” to the point of “FALSELY” casting any blaim whatsoever upon “The Sage Donald Trump”?
“OH WAIT, AMERICA, NEVER MIND”. Upon further review I, THE SAGE “E” [FKA ELVIS FKA EARL], see it’s just another A. P. artical of Pure “D” BOVINE EXCRIEMENT.
Breath deeply, America, and smell that “BOVINE EXCRIMENT” courtsey of The A. P. (Ass Press).
Did that just pass you by? Or are you aware that “THE SAGE “E” [FKA ELVIS FKA EARL]” just renamed the Associated Press to the more appropriate “Ass Press”???
THE SAGE “E” [FKA ELVIS FKA EARL]
rick whitaker
September 22, 2024 at 5:05 pm
EARL, the AP once again fed you the truth and you rejected it. sad.
Billy Rotberg
September 23, 2024 at 3:33 pm
Harris said if anyone breaks into her house she will shoot them. California is a duty to retreat state so doing so would be illegal. She really is clueless.
Dee Fensslus
September 21, 2024 at 4:28 pm
“‘She should be alive today’ . . .” So should innumerable children who died horribly, defenselessly and without a soul to mourn them, let alone stand up for them at the podium of the presidency.
C. Citizen
September 21, 2024 at 4:45 pm
Yes, numerous CHILDREN die horrible, defenseless deaths due to nonexistent laws concerning the use of military style weapons that should be banned!! Please spare me the ever boring defense that it’s the person and not the weapon. Jesus would not approve of such arrogance!
Billy Rotberg
September 23, 2024 at 3:24 pm
Style does not constitute functionality. You cannot ban weapons in common use as per the Heller decision. The bible say you shall submit to the law, the end!
PeterH
September 21, 2024 at 6:57 pm
It might be different if Republicans had a vision for American children once they’re born. Unfortunately….. Republicans have no interest ….. if they did they would pursue two objectives:
One….. temporarily sterilize boys at the age of 13 and keep them unable to produce a family until they have graduated college, have meaningful employment and been married for one year. Only then can this male baby factory have his sperm tube reconnected. Secondary to this ….. Republicans refuse to take on the responsibility of Florida 33% of children who live below the poverty level!
cassandra was right
September 22, 2024 at 12:03 am
Kamala Harris has continued to “stand up for” the children killed by school shooters. Google her policies and positions on gun safety and violence prevention.
SAVE LIVES AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS!
VOTE for HARRIS!
YES on 4!
Billy Rotberg
September 23, 2024 at 3:21 pm
The Murder of Carol Bowne was caused by policies supported by Harris. Then there’s a Florida Woman who Used an AR-15 To Defend Family During Home Invasion.
Gun control kills
cassandra was right
September 24, 2024 at 10:49 am
Hey, I’m not trying to kill anybody! Just reminding Dee Fensslus that Harris is not ignoring children being killed by guns.
People who say they oppose any new “gun control” measures must be involved in creating a plan / regulation(?) to stop the killing. A “good guy with a gun” is just not doing it. Uvalde had 400 of those.
THE SAGE "E" [FKA ELVIS FKA EARL]
September 22, 2024 at 5:13 pm
Dont worry, Beautiful Dee, our Trump votes will fix that.
See you at the Election, Beautiful Dee and All Sage Patriot Americans,
THE SAGE “E” [FKA ELVIS FKA EARL]
Roe
September 21, 2024 at 8:53 pm
This is truly the respect any man voting for Trump/vance has for women. This can be their wife, daughter, sister…. They just don’t seem to understand. This is about Women’s LIVES
Billy Rotberg
September 23, 2024 at 3:29 pm
What amendment mentions abortion rights?
cassandra was right
September 24, 2024 at 11:15 am
You’re not actually looking for the word “abortion” in the Constitution are you!!!? LOL! It’s not a medical textbook! There are no medical procedures or treatments in there!
You know where to find “abortion”? In Ben Franklin’s math and medical treatments textbook! He included an abortion recipe for unmarried young women. Right there in his textbook that women and girls had — and used — in their own homes!
Franklin supported women’s unalienable right to LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT of HAPPINESS!
It’s about FREEDOM!
VOTE HARRIS!
YES on 4!
Butt and beave
September 24, 2024 at 5:51 pm
I am not reading this.. the talk is migration with no law enforcement budgets. Meaning they can’t take care of what they have. And lots are going into the graves..
And education no deportation meaning no budget’s for essentials and more dept for educational purposes they should have had already