Letter to the editor: Harris will protect women’s rights
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The story “’She should be alive’ — Harris spotlights woman’s death to blast abortion bans” (Sept. 20, TribLive) is a wakeup call for Pennsylvania voters. It describes how two women died when they did not get proper medical treatment after developing complications from taking abortion pills. Why? Because Georgia’s six-week abortion ban has created dangerous confusion about when doctors are legally allowed to provide care.
This tragic scenario could happen in Pennsylvania if Donald Trump returns to the White House. Since Dobbs, reproductive rights have been drastically rolled back in 21 states with near-total abortion bans in 14. Women are being denied basic care, doctors are being threatened with jail time and even access to contraception and IVF are in jeopardy.
Trump has denied affiliation with Project 2025; however, its architects include many members of Trump’s administration, and his name is mentioned in it over 200 times. Thus it is not difficult to imagine Trump moving to ban abortion nationwide. If so, the effects will be catastrophic for women and their families. As the mother of a 24-year-old daughter, I find this possibility terrifying, not to mention antithetical to the values of freedom and safety Pennsylvanians stand for.
On one hand, we have Trump, who is proud of killing Roe v. Wade and talks about punishing women for abortions. On the other, we have Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz, who have been lifelong advocates for women’s reproductive rights. The stakes could not be higher or the choice more stark.
Marie Norman
Squirrel Hill