ripping off his gloves saying i can t help you anymore. a year later, abortion access is even worse. republicans remain focused on restricting laws that americans overwhelming reject. the body inside a mom s body is not her body. not her body. not her choice. the supreme court may have empowered the states to reshape abortion law. but reproductive rights remain a national issue that the biden/harris administration and congress must respond to. tonight, from dallas, this a state considered ground zero in the national fight over abortion rights, this is one year post-roe a reidout special. thank you for joining me on this special edition of the reidout. my guest is vice president harris. we wanted to bring around this table people whose lives and works were affected by the elimination of the right to an abortion. joining me are genesis sanchez, amanda zarosky, lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against the state of texas. shannon brewer, and dr. todd ivy, an ob-gyn in the
denied emergency medical care. i ll never forget one of the doctors just ripping off his gloves throwing them at the trash and saying i can t help you anymore. you have to geout of state. almost a year later, the landscape of abortion access is even worse. republicans remain focused on pushing restrictive laws that americans overwhelmingly reject. the body inside of the mom s body is not her body. not her body, not her choice. the supreme court may have empowered the states to reshape abortion law, but reproductive rights remain a national issue that the biden/harris administration and congress must respond to, to forge a road map for the work that lies ahead. tonight, from dallas, in a state considered ground zero in the national fight over abortion rights, this is one year post-roe, a reidout special with vice president kamala harris. hello, and thank you for joining me on this special edition of the reidout. my guest for the hour is vice president kamala harris.
and shannon brewer are still with me. joining the conversation is annie runo and rachel sweet. i want to start with you madame vice president because you were headed to north carolina. yes. which recently overrode the veto of the governor who attempted to stop an abortion ban. why north carolina and what are you hoping to achieve there? i ll be there for the one-year mark of the dobbs decision, which is this saturday, in four days, to again discuss and be right there at a ground zero. why this is an issue that all americans should care about, independent of the choices they would personally make for themselves. this is fundamentally about freedom. the right to make decisions about your own life and your own body. this is a foundational principal
model. we ve held ourselves out to be a role model. when you re a role model, everybody here at this table knows, people watch what you do to see if it matches up to what you say. people around the world are watching here. my greatest here is for women fighting for basic rights in various countries that their so-called leaders, autocrats and dictators will say you want to hold out the united states as an example. look what they re doing. you be quiet. this issue, in addition to affecting real people every day as we have discussed, also calls into play our commitment to a foundational concept, which is that of freedom. and you know, annie, we have a fundamental principle here that is also separation of church and state. we know for people who oppose abortion for a lot of them it is
sanchez, and shannon brewer are still with me. and joining the conversation is annie runo, associate editor at upworthy, and rachel sweet, former campaign manager for kansans for constitutional freedom. i want to start with you, madam vice president. you were headed to north carolina, which recently overrode the veto of the governor who attempted to stop an abortion ban. that s locked the entire south in. why north carolina, and what are you hoping to achieve there? so, i ll be there for the one-year mark of the dobbs decision, which is this saturday, in four days. to again, discuss and to be right there at a ground zero. why this is an issue that all americans should care about. independent of the choices they would personally make for themselves. this is fundamentally about freedom. the right to make decisions about your own life and your own