Vice President Kamala Harris speaks two years after Roe v. Wade is overturned

By Tashi McQueenAFRO Political WriterTmcqueen@afro.com With the first presidential debate of this election season just days away, Vice President Kamala Harris (D) made a stop in College Park, Md. to recognize the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade., a landmark case that made abortion a constitutional right.& “Over the past two years, in states across our nation, the extremists have proposed and passed laws that criminalize doctors and punish women. Laws that limit access to contraception and to fertility treatments like IVF. Even some of them, trying to revive laws from the 1800s,” said Harris.Vice President Kamala Harris (D) recognizes two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark case that had established abortion as a constitutional right. (Photo credit: AFRO Photo / Tashi McQueen)According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, a non-profit organization of reproductive rights advocates and lawyers, around 14 states have made abortion illegal.“Two years ago today, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court majority ripped away the fundamental freedom for women to access the health care they need and deserve. The consequences have been devastating. If given the chance, there is no question he will ban abortion nationwide, with...