Harris voted against advancing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in 2020. The bill would have prohibited abortions of fetuses 20 weeks or more with exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. It also said women who undergo prohibited abortions may not be prosecuted for violating the bill. She also opposed advancing the bill in 2018.
As a senator, Harris also voted against denying funding to Planned Parenthood as well as suspending funding to Planned Parenthood for a year.
Harris also voted againstproceeding on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. In cases where a child survived an attempted abortion, the bill would have required health care providers to preserve the life and health of the child as they would for any other child born alive at the same gestational age.
