(CNSNews.com) – Neither Vice President Mike Pence nor Sen. Kamala Harris answered directly when asked during Wednesday night’s debate in Utah how they would like to see their own state respond in the event of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. But they made their sharply conflicting views on abortion very clear.
Debate moderator Susan Page of USA Today opened the segment by noting that Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination are scheduled to begin on Monday.
“Her confirmation would cement the court’s conservative majority and make it likely open to more abortion restrictions, even to overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling,” she said, in reference to the court’s 1973 decision that legalized abortion. “Access to abortion would then be up to the states.” …