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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
I believe in the fundamental freedom of Americans to make decisions about their own bodies. And not have their government tell them what to do. I will fight to restore what Donald Trump and his hand-picked Supreme Court Justices took away from the women of America. …
[O]ne does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree that the government and Donald Trump should not be telling a woman what to do with her body. And when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom nationwide, as President of the United States, I will proudly sign it into law.
— Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, in remarks given during her closing argument before the American people vote in the election on November 5. Harris pledged during her speech to restore the rights that were enshrined in Roe v. Wade before the case was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022.
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