Leaders with pro-life and faith-based advocacy groups are criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for suggesting she would not support “religious exemptions” to requiring abortions nationwide.

In an interview with Harris on Tuesday, NBC’s Hallie Jackson asked the Democratic presidential candidate “what concessions” she would be willing to make to “get something done as quickly as possible on access to abortion” if she wins the 2024 presidential election. Election when Republicans control one or both chambers of the United States Congress. Asked specifically if she would consider “religious exemptions,” Harris replied: “I don’t think we should make concessions.”

Leaders of various pro-life and faith-based advocacy groups were quick to condemn Harris’ apparent refusal to allow “religious exemptions” to the federal abortion mandate. One x post On Tuesday, the pro-life group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America cited Harris’ comment as evidence that Harris would “federally force Americans to participate in abortions against their will.”

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The organization also warned that in Harris’s America, “in all 50 states, without exception, those who document these transactions for any reason must do so, and taxpayers must pay.”

Advocacy group CatholicVote published a to post Clip The organization asked the question: “Why would a Christian vote for him?”

Ralph Reed, chairman and president of the grassroots evangelical advocacy group Faith and Freedom Coalition, reacted to the clip. x post “He’s not only pro-abortion, he’s also anti-religious freedom,” he said Tuesday. Another advocacy organization, the Catholic Association, called Harris’s stance against “concessions” “unsurprising given her radicalism on abortion and her bigotry against people of faith.” x post It was published on Tuesday.

Harris’ remarks came as she endorsed a bill that would “restore reproductive freedom nationwide,” a centerpiece of her campaign. The basic legislation created to achieve this goal is Women’s Health Protection ActIt was approved by the Democrat-controlled US Congress in the first two years of the Biden administration, but failed to become law due to opposition from the equally controlled US Senate.

Although the legislation overrides most state laws governing abortion, it emphasizes that the law will not apply to “insurance or medical assistance coverage of abortion services.” But concerns remain that Democrats will work to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of taxpayer dollars for abortions, if they gain full control of the federal government.

The 2024 Democratic presidential platform calls for repealing the Hyde Amendment, while the Democrat-controlled House passed spending bills in 2021 without longstanding provisions and other pro-life protections. Recent versions of the spending bills, reflecting input from evenly divided segments of the U.S. Senate, included the Hyde Amendment.

Concerns about protecting the religious freedoms of healthcare professionals who oppose abortion stem from actions taken by the Biden-Harris administration; These actions include revising a rule implemented by the Trump administration to eliminate a provision clarifying that individuals are not required to “perform or assist in the procedure of an abortion.” If his performance or assistance in performing any sterilization procedure or abortion or performing an abortion would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions.”

Talk of a law establishing the right to an abortion nationwide comes as Democrats are angry about the United States Supreme Court’s overturning of abortion rights. Roe v. wade He decided to legalize abortion nationwide. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health OrganizationThe decision found that there is no right to abortion in the US Constitution. several states a near-total ban on abortion or the introduction of laws that allow abortion only in the early stages of pregnancy.

According to Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, nearly complete abortion bans are in effect in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia; Similar measures have been filed in courts in North Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Florida and Iowa have six-week abortion bans, while Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” is in litigation.

While Nebraska and North Carolina have a 12-week abortion ban, Arizona bans abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy. The remaining states have little or no restrictions on abortion.

If Harris wins the election and the Women’s Health Protection Act or similar legislation succeeds in becoming law, federal pro-abortion legislation would override pro-life protections enacted later. dobbs. Even if Harris does not win the election and/or the Women’s Health Protection Act does not become law, the 2024 presidential election will influence abortion policy as 10 states vote on whether to approve ballot measures establishing abortion rights. in their state constitutions.

Voters will decide the fate of pro-abortion ballot measures in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and South Dakota. You can effectively establish the right to abortion by including “health and autonomy” in the list of protected characteristics. Since then dobbs The resolution passed all four pro-abortion ballot measures put before voters in both 2022 and 2023.