Michelle Obama makes a passionate plea for reproductive rights
Former first lady Michelle Obama made a passionate plea to take reproductive rights seriously and “not put our lives in the hands of politicians” during a Saturday rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she is campaigning with Vice President Kamala Harris.
“So I am asking y’all from the core of my being to take our lives seriously please,” Obama said. “Do not put our lives in the hands of politicians, mostly men who have no clue or do not care what we, as women, are going through, who don’t fully grasp the broad reaching health implications that their misguided policies will have on our health outcomes.”
She continued, “The only people who have standing to make these decisions are women with the advice of their doctors. We are the ones with the knowledge and experience to know what we need.”
Obama pleaded for the crowd to “not hand” their fates to Trump and emphasized the stakes of the election.
“Please do not hand our fates over to the likes of Trump, who knows nothing about us, who has shown deep contempt for us, because a vote for him is a vote against us,”
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