Planned Parenthood President: "Abortion Is Actually Going To Save Democracy"

Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson on Tuesday told MSNBC host Joy Reid that abortion is going to save democracy.

"I think what we have done is basically show people what the choices are," Johnson said. "You can vote for the people who are really extreme on these issues, or you can actually vote to govern your own body with people who actually support your access to choice. Just look at Kansas. Abortion rights were literally on the ballot and we saw Kansas come out in droves to support the right to choose. And so I think that's incredibly important. The majority of americans do support access to abortion in every single state."


"When they look at what's happening, the number that have of states that have done these restrictions is also actually helping us how gerrymandered these states to become. How it is possible that you can have a state where there is majority support but you actually can't have the laws that you want because you have these politicians who have been safely put into these seats. I actually think as my colleague at NARAL, Mini Timmaraju likes to say, abortion is actually going to save democracy. Because if we can go state-by-state and we can actually transform the way in which people understand not just what it means to fight for abortion access but what it means to actually transform how we vote in each state and how we vote locally for that protection. That's what is at stake right now," Johnson said.