During a May, 2019 town hall, Kamala Harris promised if elected she will target states that pass pro-life laws to limit abortion. She announced she will instruct her Justice Department to suspend pro-life laws passed by states until she decides they are Constitutional.1
Where does
Stand on Abortion?
Pledges to Override Existing State Pro-Life Laws
Refuses to Protect Born-Alive Abortion Survivors
On February 25, 2019, Kamala Harris helped block a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.2 This bill would ensure babies who survive an abortion are given the same medical attention a baby born at the same age would receive. 77% of voters support such a law.3
Voted to Allow Painful Late-Term Abortions
In January 2018, Senator Harris voted no on S.2311, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,4 a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks, a point by which science shows unborn children can feel pain.5 She refused to take a stance against abortion restrictions when asked if abortions were ever immoral, responding that the decision must be left up to “a doctor and her patient.”6
Will Force Taxpayers to Pay for Abortions
Kamala Harris believes all Americans should be forced to fund abortions on-demand with their taxpayer dollars. On January 17, 2019 Harris voted “no” on the Hyde Amendment,7 a restriction on abortion funding for Medicaid that is estimated to have saved more than 2 million lives from abortion.8