Vice President Kamala Harris went to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota on Thursday, the first time a sitting US president or vice president is believed to visit an abortion provider.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited a Minnesota Planned Parenthood, the first time a sitting president or vice president visited an abortion clinic.
"The reason I'm here is because this is a health care crisis," Harris said. "Part of this health care crisis is the clinics like this that have had to shut down and what that has meant to leave no options with any reasonable geographic area for so many women who need this essential care." Harris, the first woman to be elected to her position, began the tour in January in Wisconsin. She has since held events in California, Georgia, Michigan and Arizona.
Minnesota marked 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. The vice president has drawn on testimonials to underscore the impacts of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She's pointed to the fallout of the high court's ruling in attacks against former President Donald Trump, who clinched the Republican nomination for president this week. After her historic visit on Thursday, Harris called out Trump for creating a "health care crisis."
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