Vice President Harris is scheduled to visit a Minnesota clinic that provides abortion services on Thursday to highlight reproductive health protections during an election year.
White House officials said Harris would walk around the facility and talk to staff members to learn how Minnesota has been affected by abortion bans in other states, which have forced women seeking abortions to travel to other states. He admitted he was planning to listen. The Twin Cities facility offers abortion services, contraception and preventive health services, officials said.
According to reports, it will be the first time a president or vice president has visited a clinic that provides abortion services.
Harris is scheduled to speak about the Biden administration's efforts to protect access to reproductive health care in the wake of the Supreme Court's June 2022 decision striking down Roe v. Wade.
The Minnesota visit is part of Harris' post-State of the Union trip, in which she has highlighted the fight for abortion rights and the White House's legislative accomplishments. It's also part of her broader “Fight for Reproductive Freedom” tour, during which she has focused specifically on the issue of abortion, which is expected to play a key role in the November election.
In 2022, Minnesota enacted a law that protects the right to reproductive freedom, including abortion, contraception, and fertility services. Abortion is protected by the state constitution.
But other states have also restricted abortion following Supreme Court decisions, and an Alabama court last month raised questions about access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) after ruling that frozen embryos are human. did.
The Biden campaign is directly linking the Alabama ruling and efforts in other states to restrict abortion to former President Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in November. President Trump has repeatedly boasted that he deserves credit for ending Roe v. Wade as he appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices.
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