Vice President Kamala Harris hit “extremists” in Wisconsin on Monday, while speaking in the state on the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, for their efforts to take away abortion rights in the state using a 1849 law:
“And while these extremists say they are motivated by the health and well-being of women and children, in reality, they ignore the crisis of maternal mortality. The top ten states with the highest rates of maternal mortality all have abortion bans. The hypocrisy abounds. And let us be clear about what they’re up to: These extremists want to roll back the clock to a time before women were treated as full citizens — Wisconsin to the 1800s. Just look at what happened here in this beautiful state of Wisconsin. After Roe was dismantled, extremists evoked a law from 1849 to stop abortion in this state. 1849. Before women could vote. Before women could hold elected office. Before many women could even own property. In a state whose motto is "forward," these extremists are trying to take us backwards. But we’re not having that. We’re not having that.”
