Harris refuses to make concessions to Republicans on any abortion legislation, including religious exemptions

Vice President Kamala Harris took a steadfast stance against making immoderate concessions to GOP lawmakers connected immoderate termination authorities she would prosecute arsenic president, contempt the likelihood of having divided authorities if elected. 

Harris, who has made the contented of termination a hallmark of her statesmanlike campaign, has repeatedly called for Congress to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade into law. 

But erstwhile confronted by NBC News' Hallie Jackson astir what "specific concessions" she would marque to Republicans successful bid to walk specified termination legislation, Harris scoffed. 

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Vice President Kamala Harris said she would not marque immoderate concessions to Republicans successful bid to walk termination authorities arsenic president. (Screenshot/NBC News)

"What concessions would beryllium connected the table? Religious exemptions, for illustration – is that thing that you would consider?" Jackson asked. 

"I don't deliberation we should beryllium making concessions erstwhile we're talking astir a cardinal state to marque decisions astir your ain body," Harris responded.

Jackson past cited mean Republicans similar Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, oregon Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arsenic lawmakers who would perchance backmost the Democratic-led propulsion for abortion access. 

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Harris would look an uphill conflict to get termination authorities passed connected Capitol Hill if she's elected president but faces a Republican-controlled Congress. (Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

"Would you connection them an olive branch? Or is that disconnected the table?" Jackson asked. 

"I'm not going to prosecute successful hypotheticals due to the fact that we tin spell connected with a assortment of scenarios," Harris responded. "Let's commencement with the cardinal fact. A basal state has been taken from the women of America, the state to marque decisions astir their ain body. And that cannot beryllium negotiable, which is that we request to enactment backmost successful the protections of Roe v Wade, and that is it."

"But what if you can't bash that?" Jackson pressed. "What if you can't get that passed, and you privation to prevention lives successful Florida and successful Texas and successful Georgia? What bash you bash astatine that point?"

"I'm not going to spell down that rabbit spread with you close now," Harris said. 

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Abortion has been a motivating governmental contented for Democrats since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade successful 2022.  (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

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The NBC anchor interjected, telling the vice president, "it's a question that's retired there, due to the fact that it's not a warrant that Democrats volition triumph control of Congress." 

"Well, I'm doing everything I tin to marque definite that we do," Harris changeable back.