Originally published at National Catholic Register
‘I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body,’ Harris responded.
Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed that she would oppose religious exemptions in abortion laws if elected president and emphasized that she would not make concessions to Republicans on the issue.
The Democratic nominee made the comments in a Tuesday interview when NBC News’ Hallie Jackson asked Harris “what concessions would be on the table” when considering federal laws on abortion and specifically whether she would consider “religious exemptions.”
“I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body,” Harris responded.
Jackson followed up on the question, asking whether the vice president would extend “an olive branch” to moderate Republicans who support legal abortion but do not support all of Harris’ abortion policies. But the Democratic nominee also rejected this, saying abortion “cannot be negotiable.”
“I’m not gonna engage in hypotheticals because we could go on a variety of scenarios,” Harris said. “Let’s just start with a fundamental fact, a basic freedom has been taken from the women of America: the freedom to make
