Kamala Harris is poised to make history Thursday – when she will visit a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota that provides abortions.
The appearance, confirmed by multiple insiders, serves as the latest leg in a cross-country tour from the vice president.
It comes as the 59-year-old has emerged as a fierce proponent of abortion rights, following the landmark Supreme Court ruling that rolled back Roe v. Wade.
She’s been the most outspoken advocate in the administration ever since, and kicked off her ‘Fight for Reproductive Freedoms’ tour to solidify that distinction.
With the General Election mere months away, she will become the first vice president to make such a visit, beating out every previous presidents as well.
The location of the clinic, meanwhile, has yet to be revealed – at a time when reproductive freedoms across the country remain more up in the air than ever.
Kamala Harris is poised to make history Thursday – when she will visit a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota that provides abortions.
The location of the clinic, meanwhile, has yet to be revealed – at a time when reproductive freedoms across the country remain more up in the air than ever. Pictured: A Planned Parenthood in Minneapolis
The planned visit, moreover, was confirmed by three sources who spoke to NBC News, who said Harris plans to tour the clinic and speak to healthcare providers.
The insiders familiar with the planning added how the Oakland native’s visit may also see her speak with patients.
The sources, moreover, stressed that Harris has been adamant that her presence does not disrupt services being provided, as she looks to highlight what her administration has done to try to preserve access to the controversial procedure.
The insider added that she may field questions from reporters, but only outside the yet-be-named facility.
Meanwhile, conservative states continue to enact a litany of restrictions in neighboring states, making Minnesota a sort of haven for abortion seekers.
The rush of legislation comes more than a year after the conservative-dominated Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 case, leading to protests across the country.
The ruling, made in the midst of Joe Biden’s inaugural term, left states to their own devices, legally speaking.
As a result, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz last year signed legislation that solidified citizens’ abortion rights into state law, after officials left the authority to regulate abortion laws to state representatives.
As of writing, 25 other states offer the same protections, though most of them are located along the coasts, leaving much of America in the lurch.
It comes as the 59-year-old has emerged as a fierce proponent of abortion rights, following the landmark Supreme Court ruling that rolled back Roe v. Wade.
Meanwhile, conservative states continue to enact a litany of restrictions in neighboring states, making Minnesota a sort of haven for abortion seekers
The rush of legislation comes more than a year after the conservative-dominated Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 case, leading to protests across the country
The ruling, made in the midst of Joe Biden’s inaugural term, left states to their own devices, legally speaking
As a result, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz last year signed legislation that solidified citizens’ abortion rights into state law, after officials left the authority to regulate abortion to state reps
Republicans, meanwhile, have suffered repeated political losses on the abortion issue since Roe v. Wade was overturned, with Republican frontrunner Donald Trump notably remaining reluctant to publicly state his opinion on the ban
Detractors have thus argued that the decision unfairly affects disenfranchised peoples living in these regions.
The Society of Family Planning found the average number of abortions in Minnesota increased by about 36 percent in the year after the Supreme Court decision.
Republicans, meanwhile, have suffered repeated political losses on the abortion issue since Roe v. Wade was overturned, with GOP frontrunner Donald Trump notably remaining reluctant to publicly state his opinion on the federal abortion ban.
He has chosen instead to float the idea of a deal between pro-life and pro-choice activists.
‘I would sit down with both sides and I’d negotiate something and we’ll end up with peace on that issue for the first time in 52 years,’ he said in an interview with NBC in September, when asked about the issue.
In the same interview, Trump criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for signing a six-week ban on abortion, as he was then running against the former president for the Republican nomination.
‘I think what he did is a terrible thing and a terrible mistake,’ Trump said at the time.