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EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Life Org Sounds Alarm On ‘Extreme’ Agenda To Eliminate ‘ALL Limits On Abortion’

A prominent pro-life group is warning Republicans about the “extreme” abortion policies of Democratic presidential candidates, according to information obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA) sent a memo obtained by the DCNF to Republican candidates, leadership, and state leaders regarding Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who have a history of supporting unlimited abortion and voting against life-saving legislation.

“Harris and Walz do not support restrictions on abortion and are trying to impose this extreme position on all 50 states…even painful late-term abortions in the seventh, eighth and ninth months of pregnancy. Harris is too fixated on abortion to consider anything else, like a child's development before birth or women's real needs,” SBA Chair Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement.

The memo was from Harris. support The bill would make abortion federally legal within nine months of conception, and Harris co-sponsored the bill as a senator in 2018 and led its work as vice president.

“It would sweep aside nearly all restrictions on abortion, even those allowed by Roe v. Wade,” the memo warned. Harris previously said Against Laws restricting abortion at 20 weeks.

Waltz as Governor of Minnesota Overwritten The SBA said it violated the state's 24-week abortion limit, making abortions available throughout the nine-month period. (Related story: Tim Walz turns state into destination for late-term abortions)

Pro-life groups also point out that in a 2023 interview with CBS News' “Face the Nation,” Harris refused to name a single abortion restriction that she would support.

“I believe the protections of Roe v. Wade should be enshrined in law. All it takes is a Congress that agrees that American women should be trusted to make decisions about their lives and their bodies based on what they know is best for them, regardless of their personal views on themselves and their families. That's it,” Harris said. said When pressed about implementing a cut-off after a certain number of weeks of pregnancy;

As a California senator, Harris Voted The memo noted that she twice opposed the Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would have required doctors to provide medical care to babies who survive attempted abortions. Voted We oppose the Unborn Child Capable of Feeling Pain Act, which aims to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy, the point at which a fetus becomes capable of feeling pain.

Governor Walz also signed a bill into law in Minnesota. Obsolete The memo states it strengthened protections for babies born alive after an attempted abortion and eliminated requirements to report such cases.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Florida's new six-week abortion ban during an event at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in Jacksonville, Florida, May 1, 2024. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The SBA recalled the case of a woman in 2017. Alleged A Planned Parenthood official in Minnesota told her, “We don't tell women this, and many women don't even ask this question, but [the doctor] If you go ahead with the abortion and the baby is born still alive and active, you will likely end up breaking the baby's neck.”

The memo also notes that Harris supported the California Reproductive Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency Act (FACT Act) in 2015. The law required all clinics that primarily serve pregnant women to provide abortion resources and to inform women that the state offers free or no-cost abortions. Struck Down In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that it violated the First Amendment.

Harris also praised Democratic attorneys general for seeking to shut down pregnancy support centers that don't provide abortions, the memo said.

Under Walz's direction, Minnesota repealed the law. Prevent The SBA said it had removed requirements to prevent women from being coerced into having an abortion and that health care providers get patient consent before performing an abortion. Walz also eliminated a program that had brought in more than $3 million for crisis pregnancy centers.

A 2023 survey cited in the memo found that 70% of women seeking abortions were coerced, and 60% of women said they would have wanted to continue the pregnancy if they had been given better support. According to To the Charlotte Lozier Institute.

Both Harris and Walz support efforts to raise taxpayer funds for abortion, with Harris arguing for the repeal of the ban on funding abortion through Medicare and Walz calling for the repeal of the ban. increase Taxpayer funding of abortions through Medicare.

The SBA also points to Kamala's role as California's attorney general in protecting Planned Parenthood by prosecuting a whistleblower who exposed the clinic for allegedly selling aborted fetal organs.

The SBA memo concluded that the pair have consistently praised abortion, making Harris the first sitting vice president to do so. campaign In March 2024, she visited an abortion clinic accompanied by Waltz.

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