Sen. Kamala Harris recalled a question she asked then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh last year as she argued the importance of protecting women's reproductive rights.
Harris questioned Kavanaugh during his Senate hearing. She said she "asked him — as a nominee to serve on the United States Supreme Court — could he think of any law that tells a man what to do with his body."
"And the answer was, 'Uh, uh, no,'" Harris said on the debate stage tonight.
She continued:
"The reality of it is this is still a fundamental issue of justice for women in America. Women have been given the responsibility to perpetuate the human species. Our bodies were created to do that, and it does not give any other person the right to tell a woman what to do with that body. It is her body. It is her right. It is her decision.
Harris also detailed how she, if elected president, would handle state laws that violate Roe v. Wade.
"For any state that passes a law that violates the constitution and in particular Roe v. Wade, our department of justice will review that law to determine if it is compliant with Roe v. Wade and the constitution, and if it is not, that law will not go into effect," she said.
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