Vice President Harris met with Pennsylvania lawmakers on Saturday, underscoring the critical role that their state will play in deciding the fate of reproductive rights at both the state and federal levels. (WHYYNews)
Moreover, during Saturday’s roundtable, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean said a state House majority in a currently GOP-controlled legislature would be critical to fighting an “egregious” proposed constitutional amendment that would make it easier for Pennsylvania lawmakers to restrict abortion in the state.that says the document does not “grant the right to taxpayer-funded abortion or any other right relating to abortion.
“We watch red states impose laws lacking compassion or reason,” Dean said. “I’m certain everyone at this table is ready to restore our human rights, our rights to protect and enhance the rights of women and girls to privacy, to abortion care, contraception, to freedom and dignity and self-determination on the state level.”
Harris warned that restrictions on abortion rights are just the beginning of attacks on other freedoms. “What we’re finding states around the country — and Pennsylvania is an example of this point — is that where and from where you are seeing an attempt to restrict a woman’s right to make decisions about her own body, that same source is attempting to restrict voting rights,” Harris said. “So, it’s important that people see the connections here and see that the source of a lot of this is an agenda to restrict the rights of the American people.
Following the roundtable conversation, Harris made her way to the Samuel Staten Jr. Building of the Laborers’ District Council to campaign for Shapiro.
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