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May 29, 2019

Sen. Kamala Harris Announces Plan for Gov't Oversight of New State Abortion Laws
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California senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Kamala Harris says
that, if elected, she will require states trying to pass anti-abortion
measures that could violate Roe v. Wade to get "preclearance" through
the Justice Department similar to the Voting Rights Act. This is Senator
Harris speaking to Lawrence O'Donnell during an MSNBC town hall Tuesday
night about her proposed Reproductive Rights Act.

Sen. Kamala Harris: "When elected, I'm going to put in place and require
that states that have a history of passing legislation that is designed
to prevent or limit a woman's access to reproductive healthcare, that
those laws have to come before my Department of Justice for a review and
approval, and until we determine that they are constitutional, they will
not take effect."



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