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Harris hammers Republican ‘extremists’ who ‘don’t know how a woman’s body works’

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Watch: Kamala Harris blasts Republican ‘extremists’ who ‘don’t know how a woman’s body works’

Vice President Kamala Harris hit out at Republicanextremists” who “don’t know or who don’t care how a woman’s body works” during a powerful speech on US abortion restrictions.

Ms harris claimed former president Donald Trump and his allies are responsible for endangering women’s live during a heated speech in Florida on Wednesday (1 May).

Her visit was coordinated to occur the same day Florida saw a six-week ban on abortion take effect.

Passed by a Republican state legislature and signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis last year, the ban puts Florida’s restrictions on reproduction in line with many other states across the Deep South.

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