{"id":1031345,"date":"2024-05-08T18:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1031345"},"modified":"2024-05-09T19:43:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T19:43:23","slug":"in-pennsylvania-vice-president-harris-fights-for-our-freedoms-while-pa-republicans-push-for-an-extreme-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/in-pennsylvania-vice-president-harris-fights-for-our-freedoms-while-pa-republicans-push-for-an-extreme-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"In Pennsylvania, Vice President Harris Fights for Our Freedoms While PA Republicans Push for an Extreme Abortion Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, as Vice President Harris travels to Pennsylvania to outline the stakes of this election for women, MAGA Republicans in Pennsylvania are trying to rip away their freedoms. Two weeks ago, Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/30\/politics\/scott-perry-texts-jeffery-clark-trump-2020-election\/index.html\">MAGA minion<\/a> Congressman Scott Perry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/republican-congressman-scott-perry-abortion_n_662bdf47e4b0bd041d779adc#:~:text=Scott%20Perry%20(R%2DPa\">tried and failed<\/a> to hide his support for a national abortion ban. <strong><em>DNC spokesperson Addy Toevs released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPennsylvania voters aren\u2019t fooled: At every turn, Trump and MAGA Republicans like Perry have shown they won\u2019t hesitate to dismantle our rights if given the chance. While President Biden and Vice President Harris fight to protect and restore our reproductive freedoms, Trump and his MAGA extremists are hellbent on enacting draconian abortion bans in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MAGA Republicans in Pennsylvania won\u2019t hesitate to send a national abortion ban to Trump\u2019s desk if given the chance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/431\/cosponsors\">five<\/a> Pennsylvania U.S. representatives, including Perry, signed onto national abortion ban legislation that would jeopardize women\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/02\/25\/ivf-republicans-legislation\/\">access to health care<\/a>, from abortion to contraception and IVF.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With Trump\u2019s support, Representatives Scott Perry, Guy Reschenthaler, Lloyd Smucker, John Joyce, and Glenn Thompson are working to rip away reproductive care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, as Vice President Harris travels to Pennsylvania to outline the stakes of this election for women, MAGA Republicans in Pennsylvania are trying to rip away their freedoms. Two weeks ago, Trump\u2019s MAGA minion Congressman Scott Perry tried and failed to hide his support for a national abortion ban. DNC spokesperson Addy Toevs released the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In Pennsylvania, Vice President Harris Fights for Our Freedoms While PA Republicans Push for an Extreme Abortion Ban - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/in-pennsylvania-vice-president-harris-fights-for-our-freedoms-while-pa-republicans-push-for-an-extreme-abortion-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-08T18:32:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-09T19:43:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/in-pennsylvania-vice-president-harris-fights-for-our-freedoms-while-pa-republicans-push-for-an-extreme-abortion-ban\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/in-pennsylvania-vice-president-harris-fights-for-our-freedoms-while-pa-republicans-push-for-an-extreme-abortion-ban\/\",\"name\":\"In Pennsylvania, Vice President Harris Fights for Our Freedoms While PA Republicans Push for an Extreme Abortion Ban - 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