Kamala Harris insists Dems don’t support abortion up to birth — but won’t say where the cutoff should be

Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday bristled at Republican accusations that Democrats support abortion up to birth, but declined to specify where the line should be drawn.

“It’s ridiculous,” Harris said in a wide-ranging “Face the Nation” interview in answer to GOP claims. “It’s a mischaracterization.”

“I am being precise. We need to put into law the protections of Roe v. Wade. And that is about going back to where we were before the Dobbs decision.”

Moderator Margaret Brennan repeatedly grilled Harris about what such action would mean in terms of a limit on the procedure to terminate a pregnancy.

Brennan noted precedents first set in Roe. V. Wade allowed for restrictions past “anywhere between 20 to 24 weeks.”

“No, no, no, no, no,” Harris replied. “We need to put back the protections that are in Roe v. Wade into law.”

Harris underscored “we’re not trying to do something new” — and that “the vast majority” of the American people are on her side.

Republicans have hammered Democrats for being evasive about where they would draw the line on abortion while grappling with dismal public support for heightened restrictions.

Last month, for instance, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) chafed after an NBC reporter denied his allegation that Democrats want abortion legal “until the moment of birth in some instances.”

An estimated 1.3% of abortions nationally take place after 21 weeks of gestation, according to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Fetal viability is generally thought to occur somewhere around six months into pregnancy. The record for earliest born premature baby to survive is approximately 21 weeks.

The DeSantis campaign released a compilation of prominent Democrats like Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) who’ve declined to specify a cutoff point.

There’s also been laws championed by Democrats in the wake of the overturn of Roe v. Wade that have appeared to scrap abortion limits.

For example, Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the summer signed a bill allowing the procedure at any point in a pregnancy if a doctor deems it medically necessary.

Many Democrats have countered Republicans with arguments that in some cases, late-term abortions are medically necessary and thus deserve a carveout of some sort.

To ensure a woman’s right to an abortion nationally, Harris emphasized both she and President Biden are relying on voters — citing a 60-vote threshold in the Senate to overcome a filibuster and GOP control of the House.

Harris was confidant she and Biden will prevail in 2024.

“We will win, we will win reelection. There is too much at stake and the American people know it,” Harris declared, dismissing a question about whether they are underestimating former President Donald Trump.

On the campaign trail, some contenders like Republican hopeful Nikki Haley have warned a vote for Biden, 80, will mean Harris, 58, will take over.

“There’s nothing new about that,” Harris said of the attacks.

“Yes I am, if necessary,” she replied when pressed if she was ready to take over. “But Joe Biden is going to be fine.”

Biden is already the oldest serving president in US history and would be 86 at the culmination of a hypothetical second term in office.

Trump and Biden are neck and neck in a barrage of national polling — which overestimated Republican support in the 2022 midterm elections.

Biden has a razor-thin 0.4 percentage point lead over Trump in the most recent RealClearPolitics aggregate.