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Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday slammed former President Donald Trump and Republicans for being “hypocrites” in a high-profile speech in Atlanta, following a ProPublica report that detailed the deaths of two Georgia women it said were a direct result of the state’s six-week abortion ban.
She argued that it’s impossible to do what’s in the best interest for women and children and also enforce abortion bans.
“One in three women in America lives in a state with a Trump abortion ban”, Harris said. “Think about that when you also combine that with what we know has been long standing neglect around an issue like maternal mortality. Think about that when you compound that with what has been longstanding neglect of women in communities with a lack of the adequate resources they need for health care prenatal, during their pregnancy, postpartum. Think about that.”
She continued: “And these hypocrites want to start talking about what’s in the best interest of women and children. Well, where ya been, where ya been when it comes to taking care of the women and children of America, where ya been? How dare they?”
She mocked the former president’s flip-flopping record regarding abortion — claiming that, if given the chance, he would ban abortion nationwide.
“I do believe in the exception to save the mother’s life”, Harris said while imitating Trump’s voice.
She brought up the election-season U.S. Senate vote to advance legislation that would guarantee federal protections and insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization treatments that was blocked by Republicans after Trump called himself a “leader” on the issue.
“Oh, and on that last point you probably saw this week, for the second time, Republicans in the United States Senate blocked a bill that would protect access to IVF treatment.
