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(NewsNation) — As the 2024 Democratic Convention kicked disconnected successful Chicago, a acquainted argumentation constituent made its mode into Monday's night's programming: Reproductive freedom.
NewsNation's Elizabeth Vargas, Chris Cuomo, Chris Stirewalt and correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera noted bodily autonomy arsenic a predominant talking constituent among DNC speakers.
Vargas said Democrats and independents alike are flocking to Vice President Kamala Harris due to the fact that of her reproductive rights rhetoric; Stirewalt called it an contented with "some powerfulness to persuade, tremendous powerfulness to motivate."
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and erstwhile Sen. Hillary Clinton were conscionable immoderate of the headliners emphasizing reproductive state during the kickoff of the four-day event.
Beshear criticized erstwhile President Donald Trump for bragging astir the overturning of Roe v. Wade, telling the crowd: "That's wherefore we indispensable teardrop distant immoderate accidental helium could ever beryllium president ever again."
In discussion, Cuomo called reproductive rights a "grievance issue" for the Democrats, which Vargas disagreed with.
"I don't deliberation women successful this state look astatine it arsenic a grievance issue. I deliberation women successful this state look astatine this arsenic you are taking thing from maine that is cardinal to my quality to accidental what happens to my ain body," she countered, explaining that the connection grievance semantically dismisses the gravity of the issue.
"It's a overmuch much cardinal issue, I think, of outrage — deep, heavy usurpation that I deliberation is driving galore women to polls," she added. "And men, due to the fact that this is astir reproductive freedom."
Three different speakers — Amanda Zurawski, Kaitlyn Joshua and Hadley Duvall — shared their experiences with termination entree and aesculapian attraction Monday, blaming Trump for the existent landscape.
"Because of Donald Trump, much than 1 successful 3 women of reproductive property successful America lives nether an termination ban," Zurawski said. "A 2nd Trump word would rip distant adjacent much of our rights.”
“No pistillate should acquisition what I endured, but excessively galore person ... our daughters merit better. America deserves better,” Joshua added.
