Out-of-touch Republicans get shocking dose of reality in abortion stories

>>> OURS IS A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. LIKE THE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM OF A WOMAN TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HER OWN BODY. AND NOT HAVE HER GOVERNMENT TELLING HER WHAT TO DO. >>> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WAS IN JOHNSTOWN AND PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. BOTH OF WHICH HAPPENED TO BE IN COUNTIES THAT DONALD TRUMP WON BY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS IN 2020. REPUBLICANS SEE A REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS AS CRITICAL. THAT'S WHY DONALD TRUMP MADE A GARBLED EXPLANATION OF WHAT HE CALLED FERTILIZATION BUT PROBABLY MEANT INVITRO FERTILIZATION. THERE IS HEALTH CARE THAT WILL IMPACT FAMILIES THAT WILL IMPACT COMMUNITIES. JOINING ME NOW IS ALEXIS MIGUEL JOHNSON, CEO OF THE PARENT ELECTION FUND. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE CHOICE THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MADE TODAY TO CAMPAIGN TWO COUNTIES, LUZERN COUNTY AND CAMBRIA COUNTY WHICH ARE DECIDEDLY REPUBLICAN COUNTIES. BIDEN GOT 42% AND IN CAMBRIA TRUMP GOT 68% OF THE VOTE. BIDEN ONLY GOT 30.8. NOW, I KNOW ABORTION IS AN ISSUE THAT MOTIVATES VOTERS. IT SORT OF SEEMS TOUTFUL THAT THEY WOULD WIN THAT SEEMS DOUBTFUL THAT THEY WOULD WIN THIS COUNTY. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU SEE ABORTION TARGET THE SORT OF CENTER OF THE ELECTORATE. >> FIRST OF ALL LET ME BE CLEAR. THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS CONNECTED THE DOTS ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES. SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO CONTROL YOUR OWN BODY, AS IT RELATES TO ABORTION IS ALSO RELATED TO CONTRACEPTION. IT'S ALSO RELATED TO IVF, IT IS ALSO RELATED TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND I THINK SHE'S BEEN DOING A BEAUTIFUL JOB, OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. HELPING VOTERS UNDERSTAND REALLY GETTING INTO THE GRANULAR OF WHAT THAT WILL MEAN IN PEOPLE'S PRACTICAL LIVES RIGHT. IN TELLING THE STORIES AS SHE HAS DONE INCREDIBLY DURING THE DEBATE. I THINK TO GO INTO THE BELLY OF THE BEAST AS SHE IS DOING RIGHT NOW IN PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTIES THAT ARE RICH IN SUPPORT FOR TRUMP IS ACTUALLY REALLY TESTING THE ASSUMPTION OF WHAT WE KNOW. RIGHT. THAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICAN SUPPORT ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. AND SHE'S GOING TO GO FIND THOSE VOTERS AND MAKE THE CASE TO THEM THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO SUPPORT AND STAND IN REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND IT'S ALSO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO ELECT CHAMPIONS FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM IF YOU WANT TO ENSURE THAT A STATE LIKE PENNSYLVANIA WHICH CURRENTLY YOU KNOW HAS ACCESS TO ABORTION DOES NOT ACTUALLY END UP WITH A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN UNDER DONALD TRUMP, EFFECTIVELY. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK IS SO STRIKING AND THE ARGUMENT SHE'S MAKING TO THOSE VOTERS. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE A NATIONAL CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, A WOMAN WHO IS ABLE TO TELL THE STORIES OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE TRUMP. BASICALLY STUN THEM INTO THEIR SENSES. AND I THINK THE RIGHT IS UNDERSTANDING THAT. JOHN McABIE REACTED IN DISBELIEF. >> CAN SOMEONE TRACK DOWN THE WOMEN KAMALA HARRIS SAYS ARE BLEEDING OUT IN PARKING LOTS BECAUSE ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED. DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH. >> AS IT COMES, ROLLING STONE WAS ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THE WOMAN. UNLIKE THE STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE EATING PETS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SORT OF THE EVOLUTION ON THIS. >> I MEAN, LOOK, IT HAS BEEN HEARTBREAKING. WE HAVE HEARD NUMEROUS STORIES, PUBLIC STORIES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN SENT TO HOSPITAL PARKING LOTS TO WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DANGER OF THEIR LIVES IN ORDER FOR A DOCTOR TO JUSTIFY THE TREATMENT. IT IS, IT IS LITERALLY THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THAT STORY, ONE OF THOSE STORIES WAS DURING SB 8 IN TEXAS A YEAR BEFORE DOBBS AS THEY WERE TESTING WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO PUSH SUCH A BAN THROUGH. AND NOW WE ARE HERE HEARING MORE OF THEM. I MEAN IT IS ASTONISHING TO ME THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD BE QUESTIONED. I THINK THAT, WE ARE ALSO AT A MOMENT WHERE, PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL THEIR STORIES IN SUCH A, IN SUCH A CHALLENGING WAY. LIKE THEY'RE PRIVACY. WE'RE ASKING THEM TO SHARE THE MOST INTIMATE PARTS OF THEIR LIVES AND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND PROVE THAT. AND, AND ALSO VERY APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE STORY TELLING IS ACTUALLY WHAT HELPS US BREAK DOWN THE STIGMA. BUT I THINK WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING AND WHAT MANY OF US ARE OUT THERE IN TERMS OF EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW THE VERY, VERY DEEP IMPACT IS TRYING TO MAKE IT PLAIN TO FOLKS THAT THIS IS NOT A GAME. THIS IS PEOPLE'S LIVES. THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, PEOPLE EXPERIENCE AND WHEN YOU PUT LIMITATIONS ON WHAT DOCTORS COULD DO TO SUPPORT THEIR PATIENTS, YOU ASK THEM TO CALL LAWYERS BEFORE THEY PROVIDE CARE. THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN. SO I THINK THAT DISRUPTION THAT'S HAPPENING IN HEALTH CARE IS COMING THROUGH THESE STORIES IS THE BEST WAY TO KIND OF PUT A NAME AND A FACE ON THE DATA, RIGHT. THAT ALMOST ALL OF ALL WOMEN ARE LIVING IN A STATE WITH AN ABORTION BAN. MORE THAN HALF OF BLACK WOMEN ARE LIVING IN A STATE WITH AN ABORTION BAN. THEY'RE INCREDIBLY BRAVE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SHARING IT WITH US RIGHT NOW. >> AS A MATTER OF