Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Arizona on Friday to highlight reproductive rights, just days after the state Supreme Court. ruled In 1864, it was almost possible to ban abortion.
Harris’ office said she will visit Tucson “to continue her leadership in the fight for reproductive freedoms” as the ruling brings the vital swing state to the fore. abortion policy.
According to excerpts from her speech released by the campaign, she will make remarks criticizing former President Donald Trump for his remarks and rhetoric on abortion.
“This is what a second Trump term looks like: more bans, more suffering, less freedom,” he will say, according to the campaign. “But we won’t let that happen.”
Harris will describe Trump as “the architect of this health care crisis” and point to his previous comments about how women seeking abortions should be. was punishedaccording to extracts.
A campaign official said he will speak with state and local officials, including Rep. Ruben Gallego, who is running for Senate.
Harris traveled to Phoenix last month to discuss abortion and reproductive rights, which have proven to be a particularly mobilizing issue for Democrats. During a visit to Phoenix, he denounced the pending state Supreme Court decision.
“These extremists are trying to take women back to the 1800s,” she said. “But we won’t let them.”
Harris bought it main role on the administration’s approach to reproductive rights, traveling the country on the “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, stopping in Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan, Georgia and other critical states. In March, he became the first president or vice president visit the clinic provides abortion services.
Harris and President Joe Biden have often highlighted protecting access to abortion as a centerpiece of their re-election campaigns, and Trump’s to brag Roe v. through his nominations to the Supreme Court. About being able to “kill” Wade.
In an immediate statement, Harris slammed the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision and laid the blame squarely at Trump’s feet.
“This more extreme and dangerous ban criminalizes nearly all abortion care in the state and puts women’s lives at risk. It makes no exceptions for rape, consanguinity or health,” Harris said in a statement Tuesday. “This is a reality according to Donald Trump, who boasts of being ‘proudly responsible’ for the impeachment. Roe v. Wadeand allowed states to impose draconian prohibitions.”
Following the Arizona Supreme Court ruling, the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee highlighted Trump’s abortion policy in a series of new ads. On Thursday, the Biden campaign began seven-figure ad buys Arizona on reproductive rights. The DNC also announced a new Arizona billboard campaign criticizing Trump’s stance on abortion.
“Abortion has been banned in Arizona thanks to Donald Trump,” the billboard design reads. “It will not stop until it is banned nationwide. #TrumpsAbortionBan.”
Biden narrow In 2020, he won Arizona by just over 10,000 votes over Trump, turning the state blue.
And Arizonans seem in favor of abortion rights. Moment NBC News 2022 midterm exit poll 62% of Arizona voters said abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
But Trump has indicated that he may take a more lenient stance on abortion bans ahead of the 2024 election, and that abortion access will be on the ballot in several states. He said on Wednesday the Arizona Supreme Court went too far in his decision, and he said Monday that abortion decisions should be left up to the states.
After abortion, access became a powerful political issue US Supreme Courtour 2022 In Dobbs v. Jackson, the decision in Women’s Health Organization allowed abortion laws to be implemented at the state level. Even in red-leaning states like Ohio, Kansas, and Kentucky, voters supported pro-abortion rights when it came to the ballot.
Florida, Maryland and New York will take action on abortion on the ballot Measures proposed in November and in eight other states, including Arizona, are seeking ballot status. The Biden campaign said it now sees Florida as “winnable” in November, pointing out that previous elections have shown that “protecting abortion rights has mobilized a diverse and growing segment of the electorate to help push Democrats up and down the polls.”
Biden has repeatedly said he intends to make Roe’s abortion protections the law of the land. However, he a numerous difficulties Initiate national legislation through Congress.