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☆ Why Democrats Are Using Personal Abortion Stories
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Lisa Lerer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Dr. Austin Dennard, an OB-GYN in Dallas, learned that her 11-week-old fetus had a fatal medical condition in July 2022, she immediately understood the medical implications. What she didn’t know was that she would soon land in the middle of a lawsuit against the state of Texas — and in the midst of the presidential campaign. Dennard is starring in a new political ad for President Biden’s re-election campaign, in which she describes her diagnosis and having to leave Texas and its restrictive abortion law to get an abortion. Democrats like Biden are increasingly having women describe, in stark, emotional detail, the personal impact of the abortion bans championed by their Republican opponents. Andy Beshear, a Democrat seeking re-election in Kentucky, ran an ad featuring a woman who said she was raped as child by her stepfather, criticizing a state abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Persons: Austin Dennard, Biden’s, Biden, Andy Beshear Organizations: OB, Republican Locations: Dallas, Texas, Kentucky

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on Tuesday in Virginia as they campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in an election expected to feature a rematch with Donald Trump, the former Republican president. Biden and Harris will be joined by their spouses, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff. Harris was in Wisconsin in Monday to mark the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. “In Texas, you are forced to carry that pregnancy, and that is because of Donald Trump overturning Roe v. Wade,” Dennard said. Although he is a longtime supporter of abortion rights, he mentions the issue less often and sometimes avoids using the word abortion even when he discusses the issue.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Biden, Harris, Jill Biden, Doug Emhoff, Roe, Wade, Trump, “, ” Harris, ”, Austin Dennard, ” Dennard, there's, they've, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, ” Trump, Jamal Simmons, ” Simmons, Amanda Seitz Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican, U.S, Supreme, OB, Labor, of Health, Human Services, Associated Press, South, Gov, Fox News Locations: Virginia, Wisconsin, America, Texas, “ In Texas, Roe, Oklahoma, South Carolina

☆ Harris pins the blame on Trump for Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Previewing a central reelection argument in a rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden, Harris said the likely Republican nominee relishes his role in new, restrictive abortion laws that have emerged in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling. Still, Biden and Harris have acknowledged that fully restoring the protections included in Roe will be impossible without congressional action. “President Joe Biden has been very clear, when Congress puts the protections of Roe back into the law, he will sign it,” Harris told Coates in Wisconsin. “Similarly, President Joe Biden has been very clear if these extremists achieve their other goal, which is to have a national ban, which means state by state by state. Joe Biden will veto that.”“The stakes are high,” she said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, “, ” Harris, CNN’s Laura Coates, Joe Biden, Harris, relishes, ”, Wade –, Biden, Austin Dennard, ABC’s, Coates Organizations: Wisconsin CNN —, Trump, Republican, Court, Freedoms, New, Texas OB, White Locations: Waukesha, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Texas

☆ Biden, Harris Target Republican Curbs on Abortion Rights on Roe Anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

By Nandita BoseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will spotlight Republican curbs on abortion rights this week, a galvanizing issue for Democrats that they hope will boost enthusiasm among their base, attract independent voters, and increase turnout in November. The Biden campaign is putting abortion rights front and center in 2024, and argues abortion access is a personal freedom that former President Donald Trump and Republicans are denying women. Democrats hope a threat of further curbs on abortion will bring voters to the polls in November. All seven statewide ballot initiatives to enshrine reproductive rights since 2022 have succeeded, including in conservative Ohio, Kansas and Kentucky. Abortion rights groups are collecting signatures in Arizona, Nevada and Florida to put a reproductive rights amendment on the ballot in 2024 as well.

Persons: Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Roe, Biden, Harris, Jill Biden, Doug Emhoff, Donald Trump, Jeanne Mancini, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Austin Dennard, Wade, Nikki Haley, Trump, Timmaraju, Jennifer Klein, Nandita Bose, Heather Timmons, Richard Chang Organizations: Wade, White, Trump, OB, Reuters, U.S, Republicans, Republican, Former United Nations, Gender Policy Locations: Wisconsin, Virginia, Washington, Israel, Texas, Ohio , Kansas, Kentucky, Arizona , Nevada, Florida

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