VP Harris will lean into abortion struggle with U.S. tour in early 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris will tour the nation in early 2024 to sentence abortion limits and push for the restoration of rights that existed earlier than the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the White House mentioned Tuesday.

Ms. Harris will kick off the “Reproductive Freedoms Tour” on Jan. 22 in Wisconsin, a swing state that would decide whether or not she and President Biden are reelected. The White House will announce extra websites and dates quickly.

“I will continue to fight for our fundamental freedoms while bringing together those throughout America who agree that every woman should have the right to make decisions about her own body — not the government,” Ms. Harris mentioned.

Democrats have been outraged by the 2022 court docket choice that overturned the nationwide proper to abortion enshrined within the 1973 Roe ruling.

They’re utilizing the difficulty as a political cudgel, seeing it as a successful subject on the poll field.

They say state limits imposed after the justices’ ruling are unpopular, pointing to a number of profitable poll measures and election wins that centered on abortion rights.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear not too long ago gained a second time period towards Daniel Cameron, the state’s GOP lawyer common who backed abortion limits.

Democrats in Virginia seized management of each chambers of the Legislature after making the race a referendum on Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s embrace of an abortion ban after 15 weeks of being pregnant, with exceptions.

Voters in Ohio this yr handed a citizen-sponsored measure to enshrine abortion rights within the state Constitution.

However, an identical measure to enshrine abortion rights within the South Dakota Constitution is splitting voters and falling wanting majority assist, in line with a ballot from South Dakota News Watch. The state has a strict abortion ban.

Republicans are attempting to regain the higher hand with voters by characterizing the Democratic place as excessive. They say Democrats seem superb with abortion till delivery and ought to be prepared to debate applicable limits on the process.

The White House mentioned Ms. Harris will promote the Biden administration’s efforts to increase well being care service. She can even warn of a nationwide ban on abortion if Republicans win the White House and extra seats in Congress.

GOP candidates for president have differed on the difficulty.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, as an example, has mentioned he would assist a restrict 15 weeks into being pregnant, whereas former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has mentioned it doesn’t make sense to vow a sweeping ban with out nationwide consensus on the difficulty.

However, Ms. Haley instructed Iowa voters final month that if she have been nonetheless South Carolina’s governor she would have signed a six-week restriction if the Legislature had introduced it to her.

In distinction, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has mentioned he wouldn’t signal a ban on abortion after six weeks of being pregnant.

Former President Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner, has advised the difficulty is finest left to the states and mentioned he would negotiate with Democrats on a restrict. Mr. Biden and different rivals steadily level to Mr. Trump’s function in appointing three justices answerable for overturning the Roe choice.

The White House on Tuesday mentioned Ms. Harris has held greater than 50 conferences in at the least 16 states on abortion entry because the Supreme Court’s 2022 choice.

She additionally highlighted the difficulty throughout a latest faculty tour in eight states.