Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit an abortion clinic on Thursday, marking the first time the sedentary veep has visited an abortion clinic.
Harris is in Minnesota as part of her “Fight for Reproductive Freedom” tour and will stop at a family planning clinic that provides abortion services. NBC News and CNN reported.
The vice president will meet with staff and patients, as well as speak to reporters outside the facility.
The location of the clinic has not been made public to avoid protests, according to NBC.
The White House did not immediately respond to inquiries from the Post.
In 2013, Barack Obama became the first sitting president to address the National Conference on Planned Parenthood in Washington, DC.
Harris’ clinic visit goes a step beyond Obama’s verbal support for the controversial organization.
Abortion has been a central theme of Biden and Harris’ re-election campaigns, with the administration accusing Republicans of restricting access to abortion procedures after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. is blaming.
Harris has already visited Wisconsin, California, Georgia, Michigan and Arizona as part of her “Reproductive Freedom” tour, and has been actively campaigning since Biden’s State of the Union address last week. ing.
Minnesota has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1976, but 18.9% of the state voted “no vote” in the March 5 primary, a warning about Biden’s policy toward Israel.
Polls show a close race in the state between incumbent and former President Donald Trump.
Last year, Minnesota enacted a law that reiterates:[e]Pregnant individuals have a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy, give birth or terminate the pregnancy, and can independently decide how to exercise this fundamental right. ”
