Kamala Harris Calls To Eliminate The Filibuster To Codify Federal Abortion Rights

Vice President Kamala Harris said she would support abolishing the Senate filibuster to pass legislation to restore federal abortion protections.

Harris has made similar statements in the past. But her comments on Wisconsin Public Radio on Tuesday morning mark the first time as the Democratic presidential candidate that she has supported ending the 60-vote threshold necessary to advance legislation in the Senate.

Wisconsin Public Radio host Kate Archer Kent asked Harris how she plans to get a bill to restore Roe v. Wade through Congress, given that Republicans are likely to weaponize the Senate filibuster.

“I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe, and get us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom,” Harris said. “And for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.”

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