‘Uterus!’ Kamala Harris Jokes During Abortion Clinic Visit — Before Torching ‘Outrageous And Immoral Attacks On Rights’

Vice President Kamala Harris drew laughs by exclaiming “Uterus!” before going off on “attacks on rights” in a speech during during a first-ever White House visit to an abortion clinic.

This week, the VP made a historic first visit by a sitting president or vice president to a facility where abortion services are performed when she toured Planned Parenthood in St. Paul, Minnesota as part of the Biden administration’s “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” Tour.

After touring the facility, Harris gave a short speech that began with a joke about the language of reproductive healthcare — but went on to excoriate legislators who “believe they are in a better position to tell women what they need”:

So, many of you have asked why am I here at this at — this facility, in particular. And I will tell you, it is because, right now in our country, we are facing a very serious health crisis. And the crisis is affecting many, many people in our country, most of whom are, frankly, silently suffering after the United States Supreme Court took a constitutional right that had been recognized from the people of America, from the women of America.

In states around our country, extremists have proposed and passed laws that have denied women access to reproductive healthcare. And the stories abound.

I have heard stories of — and have met with women who had miscarriages in — in toilets. Women who were being denied emergency care because the healthcare providers there, at an emergency room, were afraid that because of the laws in their state, that they could be criminalized, sent to prison for providing healthcare.

So, I’m here at this healthcare clinic to uplift the work that is happening in Minnesota as an example of what true leadership looks like, which is to understand it is only right and fair that people have access to the healthcare they need and that they have access to healthcare in an environment where they are treated with dignity and respect.

And please do understand that when we talk about a clinic such as this, it is absolutely about healthcare and reproductive healthcare. So, everyone get ready for the language: uterus. (Laughter.) That part of the body needs a lot of medical care from time to time. (Laughter.)

Issues like fibroids — we can handle this — breast cancer screenings, contraceptive care — that is the kind of work that happens here, in addition, of course, to abortion care.

So, to have laws in states that have caused clinics like this to shut down so that women have no access within any reasonable distance of where they live to get this vital care that is necessary to address their health needs and concerns.

So, again, I say thank you to the governor, the congresswoman, the mayor, and the doctor and all those who work here, and the staff.

This work includes having people here who go out and talk to young people — our young people in high schools. And sadly, in so many places around our country, Sex Ed is a thing of the past, which leaves our young people to learn about their bodies and reproductive systems on social media — often with a profound amount of misinformation, which leaves them confused about what is happening to their own bodies.

The work that happens here is about providing assistance to women who do not live in the state of Minnesota, because, sadly, this state exists in a neighborhood where laws have been passed to deny people reproductive healthcare. And so, women have to travel here.

You know, the majority of women who receive an abortion are mothers. God help her that she’s got affordable childcare. If she is working, God help her she’s got paid family leave so she can figure out how is she going to get to the place that will provide her the care she needs.

Well, the work that happens in a clinic like this includes answering those questions for someone who might be in great distress, letting her know what is available to her in terms of transportation, in terms of housing or a hotel, what is available to her in terms of assistance for her childcare needs.

So, I’ll close with this. In this environment, these attacks against an individual’s right to make decisions about their own body are outrageous and, in many instances, just plain old immoral.

How dare these elected leaders believe they are in a better position to tell women what they need, to tell women what is in their best interest. We have to be a nation that trusts women. (Applause.)

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