Kamala Harris to visit Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota Thursday as campaign puts focus on abortion rights
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Vice President Kamala Harris will visit a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota on Thursday, a White House official tells CNN, marking a significant and high-level visit to an abortion provider as Harris continues to highlight an issue the campaign believes will galvanize moderate voters in November.
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota on Thursday, a White House official tells CNN, marking a significant and high-level visit to an abortion provider as Harris continues to highlight an issue the campaign believes will galvanize moderate voters in November. The vice president is traveling to Minnesota on the sixth stop of her “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, and she is expected to walk through the Planned Parenthood facility and speak with staff about reproductive rights, another White House official says. Harris began the tour in January in Wisconsin, and she has since held events in California, Georgia, Michigan and Arizona. Minnesota also marks the fifth state Harris has visited since the president’s State of the Union address last week. Prepared remarks from the president’s address included the word abortion, but the president did not say the word when he delivered the speech. In 2023, Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law that enshrines the “fundamental right” to access abortion in the state. The vice president’s visit to Minnesota comes during what the Biden campaign is calling the “March Month of Action” which includes plans for President Joe Biden and Harris to travel to every battleground state this month.
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