Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Florida to talk about abortion rights

TALLAHASSEE

Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in Florida on the day the state’s six-week abortion ban is set to take effect.

Harris will travel to Jacksonville on May 1 and will “discuss the harms inflicted by state abortion bans” and will argue that former President Donald Trump is at fault for the abortion restrictions in the state and across the country, the campaign said in an email. Her visit follows on the heels of President Joe Biden’s abortion-focused campaign event in Tampa this week.

Florida voters in November will get to decide on a proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights.

The Biden campaign has seized on the issue, calling Florida “winnable” and heavily targeting Trump, Biden’s November opponent, through advertisements that critique his role in appointing three of the U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers passed the six-week abortion ban in the wake of that Supreme Court decision.

Florida isn’t the only state where the BidenHarris campaign is leaning on abortion as an issue that they hope will motivate voters. The May stop in Jacksonville will be part of Harris’ Fight for Reproductive Freedoms tour.

This will be Harris’ 12th visit to the state since becoming vice president. Harris last visited Florida in March, when she discussed gun-violence prevention in Parkland.