U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met with a group of constitutional law, privacy and technology experts Tuesday to discuss how overturning Roe V. Wade could undermine many other constitutional freedoms, including privacy.
"We know that our nation was founded on certain principles that we hold dear. Principles of freedom, of liberty and self determination. And do believe all of those principles are at stake when we look at the leaked draft," Harris told the experts.
The vice president added: "From these principles, most notably come the Constitutional right to privacy, the rights of an individual to make decisions about their life, about their family, about their family, about their body, without government interference. And so there is a lot at stake in the outcome of this decision."
Harris said states with abortion bans could restrict IVF if they believe life begins at fertilization.
The same bans could be used to restrict contraception for things IUD devices and the morning after pill.
"I do believe that overturning Roe could clear the way for challenges to other fundamental rights like the right to use contraception and same sex marriage."
Many of the states that have passed trigger ban laws are also passing restrictions on gay rights, transgender rights and the right to vote.
The issue is one Harris has shown she personally cares deeply about and would give her a chance to seize a larger role in an area that Democrats are hoping will fire up their base and remake the political landscape ahead of midterm elections they otherwise worried might be brutal for the party.
Becoming a leading and successful Biden administration voice and face on abortion comes after Biden tasked the vice president with overseeing two other, thorny issues, immigration and expanded voting rights.