Representative Nancy Pelosi said Monday on MSNBC's "Katy Tur Reports" that if the Democrats win majorities in Congress and the White House, they will ditch the filibuster to legalize abortion nationwide.
Pelosi said, "People have to view abortion as a democracy issue. This is about freedom to make your own decisions for a woman. It's a personal decision, it's an economic decision at the kitchen table of America's families, if and when they could expand their families or even start their families."
Pelosi said, "Well, it is because the fact is that no matter what he says, there will be a national abortion ban, and that would be horrible for our country."
Tur asked, "If President Biden gets reelected and there's a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate, what can President Biden do to protect abortion nationwide?".
Pelosi said, "We can enshrine into the law Roe v. Wade.".
She continued, "No it doesn't. It's 60 votes is the Senate now but if we win 50-plus-1 in the Senate, 50 plus the vice president, we can overturn the 60-vote rule."
Pelosi said, "The filibuster and pass it with a 51-vote margin. That's what we need to do."
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