Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten GillibrandSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Suburban moms are going to decide the 2020 election Jon Stewart urges Congress to help veterans exposed to burn pits MORE (D-N.Y.) pushed back on Vice President Pence's comments predicting legal abortion in the U.S. would end "in our time."

"Not if we have anything to do with it," Gillibrand, one of several Senate Democrats thought to be considering a presidential run in 2020, tweeted Tuesday.

"Get to the polls this November, women. We’re owning our future."

Not if we have anything to do with it. Get to the polls this November, women. We’re owning our future. https://t.co/hNcegl40Wa — Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) February 27, 2018

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Pence spoke at a luncheon Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn., hosted by Susan B. Anthony List and Life Issues Institute, anti-abortion organizations.

"I know in my heart of hearts this will be the generation that restores life in America," he said during the event.

"If all of us do all we can, we can once again, in our time, restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law."

Pence has long championed anti-abortion policies.

Since President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE took office last year, he has signed legislation reversing an Obama-era rule that blocked states from defunding Planned Parenthood and reinstated a ban on federal funds for global health programs that cover or promote abortions.

Last August, Gillibrand, 51, appeared to push back at the notion that Democrats should back candidates who do not support abortion rights, tweeting at the time that we "do not have to make compromises on protecting women's health to win back the House or Senate."