The vice president said in an interview that women will die if the Supreme Court overturns the 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the US
Harris told the San Francisco Chronicle that threatening the established precedent would cause dire situations for women seeking procedures, as well as cause irreparable harm to women who might potentially turn to unsanctioned methods.
She said that women will die.
As the first female to assume the vice presidency in US history, Harris has been a steadfast defender of women's reproductive rights.
"I'm very worried about it," Harris said of the possibility of the abortion law being changed. Women will die. Women who don't have economic resources and can't travel to places or have access to safe reproductive health care, including abortion, should have access to it. It is a fact and not an extreme statement.
The administration doesn't have a plan if the court goes against the precedent, despite the fact that President Joe Biden supports abortion rights.
She said in the interview that they have to see what the court does.
The case that is being used to challenge abortion rights is the most urgent threat to abortion rights in nearly 30 years.
The Republican-controlled Mississippi legislature passed a law that banned abortion procedures 15 weeks after a woman's first menstrual period, ignoring the standard set by the Supreme Court in the case of abortion.
The fate of the law in Mississippi is still up in the air, despite the court signaling that it could possibly uphold it.
