AOC, in Las Vegas, rallies for Biden and women’s reproductive rights

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a simple answer when she was asked what was at stake for women in November in the election between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

“For women and gender diverse people, it is life and death,” said Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., during a discussion about reproductive rights Thursday in Las Vegas. Ocasio-Cortez later appeared in downtown Las Vegas for a rally to support Biden’s reelection campaign. “It’s not hyperbole. It’s reality.”

A preview of life for women with the Trump administration calling the shots is evident in states with six-week abortion bans, she said. Those were enacted after the Supreme Court’s overturning in 2022 of the landmark Roe v. Wade case.