Vice President Harris has held meeting after meeting on abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. NPR sat in a recent sessions to find out more about her role on this issue.
For Democratic and independent voters, abortion is one of the top motivating issues in the midterm elections. Vice President Harris has been elevating that issue from the White House, hosting dozens of events and traveling around the country. NPR's Deepa Shivaram followed Harris to Connecticut this week for one of those conversations.DEEPA SHIVARAM, BYLINE: It's a dreary afternoon in New Britain, and student volunteers at Central Connecticut State University are checking in guests.
HAYES: I think that our vice president of the United States of America is uniquely qualified to weigh in on this conversation. SHIVARAM: She's been taking this message to North Carolina, Indiana and Florida. And back at the White House, she's been bringing together all kinds of stakeholders - lawmakers, faith leaders, health experts - to listen and to energize.
FRYE: You know, we've all been in those meetings when people are sort of just going through the motions. And this was not that type of a meeting.
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