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Billed as the "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" tour, it will
include events across the country featuring Americans impacted
by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark
Roe V. Wade ruling last year and eliminate a nationwide right to
abortion.
Harris' office said on Monday the tour will kick off on Jan. 22
- the 51st anniversary of the Roe decision - with an event in
Wisconsin.
"Extremists across our country continue to wage a full-on attack
against hard-won, hard-fought freedoms as they push their
radical policies – from banning abortion in all 50 states and
criminalizing doctors, to forcing women to travel out of state
in order to get the care they need," Harris said in a statement.
U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election campaign and
Democratic-aligned groups intend to put abortion rights at the
center of next year's White House contest.
The Supreme Court's decision eliminating a right to abortion was
a moment of triumph for conservatives, but the ruling has also
turned the issue into a political liability for Republicans.
Every statewide ballot question about reproductive rights since
2022 - seven in all - has yielded victory for abortion rights
advocates, including in conservative states such as Ohio, Kansas
and Kentucky.
Voter backlash was also widely credited with limiting Republican
gains in the 2022 congressional midterm elections, as well as
propelling Democrats in November to victories in Virginia and
Kentucky.
(Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
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