ATLANTA—Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) said there was room for pro-life voters in the Democratic Party on Thursday, but she said "imposing faith on other people" was "against Christian faith."

As president, she said she would ensure that states couldn't pass anti-abortion laws and criticized President Donald Trump's Supreme Court Justice appointments as "anti-choice extremists," saying Trump would lose any fight with America's women on abortion.

It was just some of the strong rhetoric employed by Gillibrand in the Georgia State Capitol, as she used a newly signed pro-life bill to promote her struggling 2020 candidacy.

"I am sick and tired of being on the defensive," she said. "I am sick and tired of taking one step back every day. I am sick and tired of more and more women across the country losing their access to basic health care, so today I am making it clear that enough is enough."

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R.) signed a bill into law last week that bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected—usually around the six-week mark, before many women are aware they're pregnant—with exceptions for rape, incest, and the mother's life. Alabama passed a stricter law this week, which effectively banned all abortions except for when the mother's life was in danger. Georgia's law isn't scheduled to go into effect until Jan. 1, 2020, while Alabama's won't take effect for six months.

The new laws are already being challenged, and some pro-life advocates hope it will go to the Supreme Court, resulting in Roe v. Wade being declared unconstitutional.

Gillibrand, a strident supporter of abortion rights, saw her chance to stand out in the gigantic 2020 field and flew down to Atlanta. After listening to a roundtable discussion at the Capitol of abortion rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers, she reiterated her promise to create a pro-choice litmus test for any Supreme Court justices she nominated.

She also vowed as president to codify Roe v. Wade, end the Hyde Amendment, and guarantee access to abortion, no matter where a woman lived.

"I would ensure that no state can pass laws that chip away at access to reproductive care or criminalize reproductive health care providers. Federal law should supersede harmful state laws that take away women's reproductive freedom," she said.

Asked if there was room for pro-life Democrats in the party, she said she would "represent all voters."

"But if you are a person of deep Christian faith, one of the tenets of our faith is free will," she said. "One of the tenets of our democracy is that we have a separation of church and state, and under no circumstances are we supposed to be imposing our faith on other people, and I think this is an example of that effort. It's against our Constitution and it's against Christian faith."

Gillibrand likely seized on the abortion bills in a hope to generate interest in her flagging campaign, as she's polling at one or zero percent in most national and early-state primary surveys.

She ignored questions from the Washington Free Beacon as to whether she felt Kemp was the state's legitimately elected governor. Other 2020 candidates like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) have backed claims by Kemp's opponent Stacey Abrams that Kemp's victory was unfair.

Gillibrand was joined by abortion rights advocates and several Georgia Democratic lawmakers, as well as Staci Fox of Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates and Laura Simmons of NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia. They took turns at the microphone to blast Kemp, Trump, and Republicans as dangerous extremists.

"A death warrant has been signed by Governor Kemp for all women of Georgia," State Rep. Sandra Scott (D.) said.

"If we do actually care about life, we should care about the living women of this state," State Sen. Jennifer Jordan (D.) said.