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Questions for Kamala

Lilly B
@LillyB
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If any journalist ever gets the opportunity to ask questions of our current Vice President and Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, I offer the following suggestions:

  1. Since you and your party strongly favor easy access to abortion as a fundamental healthcare right, have you ever had an abortion?
  2. If so, would you say that you credit your professional success to your ability to have an abortion?
  3. If you were so fortunate not to find yourself in need of an abortion as an unmarried career woman—until you married at age 49—would you please share your secret to avoiding an unwanted pregnancy with American voters, particularly younger women (or "people with child-bearing capacity," if we want to be inclusive)?
  4. If you are offended by these questions, why should a prominent female politician be uncomfortable when asked how a significant policy preference (easy abortion access) has influenced her own life?
  5. Is it because the actual act of abortion is inherently gruesome and disreputable when it's personalized, and not merely an abstract idea euphemistically described as "reproductive rights"?

Given the popularity of free abortions and vasectomies at the Democratic National Convention, these questions should be right at the top of voters' and journalists' minds. Or maybe it's just me. Either way, some people are wondering whether abortion has been an integral part of Kamala Harris' story of political success.

Feel free to add your own questions for Kamala in the comments.

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Discussion (22)

  • Steve Fast@SteveFast
    Lilly B (View Post):
    If you were so fortunate not to find yourself in need of an abortion as an unmarried career woman, until you married at age 49, would you please share your secret to avoiding an unwanted pregnancy with American voters, particularly younger women (or people with child-bearing capacity, if we want to be inclusive)?

    I fear the answer to this one would violate the Code of Conduct.

  • Full Size Tabby@FullSizeTabby
    Lilly B (View Post):
    • Since you and your party strongly favor easy access to abortion as a fundamental healthcare right, have you ever had an abortion?
    • If so, would you say that you credit your professional success to your ability to have an abortion?

    If you consider abortion to be important to women's professional success, do you distinguish that from child sacrifice practiced by Aztecs, various ancient tribes in the Middle East and various other groups in ancient history? If so, how?

  • The Scarecrow@TheScarecrow

    There were eight cases in Minnesota during your running mate’s administration where babies who survived an abortion and were delivered alive were left to die on the table. Is there a time limit of some kind for this? Would you support a doctor killing an inconvenient one year old child if the mother wished it? If not, why not? What is the difference?

  • Fritz@Fritz
    ReplyingtoThe Scarecrow

    The Scarecrow (View Comment):

    There were eight cases in Minnesota during your running mate’s administration where babies who survived an abortion and were delivered alive were left to die on the table. Is there a time limit of some kind for this? Would you support a doctor killing an inconvenient one year old child if the mother wished it? If not, why not? What is the difference?

    Wow. Great question. Democrats these days seem to be, or at least aspire to be, the death party.

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