Kamala Harris REFUSES to say when abortion access should be cut off

On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris was unable to say what week of pregnancy access to abortion should be cut off, only that the "protections of Roe vs. Wade" provided should be codified into law. 

In an interview with NBC's Face the Nation, host Margaret Brennan asked the vice president at what week access to abortion should be cut off. "We need to restore the protections of Roe versus Wade. We're not trying to do something new," Vice President Harris responded. 

Brennan pushed back and said Harris' words are "nebulous" because the Women's Health Protection Act, which prohibited government restrictions on abortion, was about viability, noting that could be between 20-24 weeks. 

Harris said, "Let me be very clear. From day one, the President has been clear, I have been clear. We need to put back the protections that are in Roe v. Wade into law..." She continued, "...since the Supreme Court took it, Congress has the power and ability to pass legislation to put those protections back in law and Joe Biden will sign that bill." 

Multiple times in the exchange, Brennan pressed the vice president to give specifics, and Harris refused. She pointed out that "Republicans say the lack of a precise date in cutting it off. You know this, It basically allows Democrats to perform abortions up until you know the birth," which they both agreed was a "ridiculous characterization," but that the point she said, "is to be more precise." 

"I am being precise," the vice president claimed. "We need to put into law the protections of Roe versus Wade."

The Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion at a federal level and prevented states from restricting abortion up until viability. In June 2022, The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In the decision, Justice Alito said that "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion" and thus overturning it allowed regulations on abortion to be decided by the states. 

At the time, Vice President Harris compared the move to slavery. She said the United States has a "history of government trying to claim ownership over human bodies." In a speech, she said the decision "calls into question other rights that we thought were settled" and suggested that gay rights could be next.