Shortly after the state Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban, the White House announced Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Arizona on Friday.
In its advisory, the White House said Harris will travel to Tucson “to continue providing leadership in the fight for reproductive freedom.” According to the newspaper, this is the vice president's second visit to Arizona this year and the fifth since he took office.
The White House said, “Last month, the vice president visited Phoenix, Arizona, where extremists in states across the country threaten women's health, force them to travel out of state for treatment, and criminalize doctors to ban abortions.'' “We emphasized how we propose and enact laws.” He said.
The White House said the trip was part of Harris' national tour, “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom,'' which “includes visits to Wisconsin, California, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, and Minnesota.'' ” announced.
Since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Harris has held more than 80 reproductive rights events in 20 states, according to the White House.
The announcement about her upcoming trip comes just about a year after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state's still-documented 160-year-old near-total abortion ban could be enforced. It was done after hours. Under an 1864 law, anyone who performs this procedure or helps a woman receive it can be charged with a felony and sentenced to up to two to five years in prison. . This law, codified in her 1901 year and again in 1913, includes an exception to save women's lives.
President Joe Biden, Harris and Democratic lawmakers generally hope that existing abortion bans and threats to expand them nationwide will lead to victory in this November's general election.
