Harris Says Supreme Court Decision Can Be Used to Justify Taking Away Rights

Vice President 👤Kamala Harris says the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization could be used to take away Americans’ rights.

The vice president made her comments while speaking at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute event Tuesday where she asserted the Supreme Court’s decision has international implications, according to Fox News.

Harris claimed because Roe v. Wade was overturned, undermining the federal protections for 🏥Abortion, it threatens the United States’ position as a global leader in human rights.

“The thing about who we are as a country, as Americans of the United States, is we have been able to walk in these rooms with confidence, talking about the importance of democracies, talking about the importance of rule of law, human rights. We have held ourselves out to be a role of all of those things, which gives us then some legitimacy, dare I say authority, to then talk about human rights around the world, talk about the importance of rule of law around the world,” Harris said.

The vice president went on to say, “When you are a role model, people watch what you do to see if it matches up to what you say. So nations around the world are watching this and saying, ‘What’s going on there? Do they really stand for democracy? Do they really have a legitimate ability to tell other countries what to do?'”

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In addition to harming the United States’ reputation among other democracies, Harris continued, saying the Supreme Court’s decision also gives bad actors a pass.