Vice President Kamala Harris toured an abortion clinic, highlighting abortion as a key election issue ahead of 2024. (STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP via Getty Images)
Harris is the first sitting vice president to visit an abortion facility. She said her trip to the Planned Parenthood clinic was meant in part to draw attention to women who travel from other states to Minnesota to obtain an abortion.
"The work that happens here is about providing assistance to women who do not live in the state of Minnesota, because, sadly, this state exists in a neighborhood where laws have been passed to deny people reproductive health care. And so women have to travel here," Harrris said.
Harris, whose campaign has been pushing for more widespread abortion access, went on to say that "attacks against an individual's right to make decisions about their own body are outrageous, and in many instances, just plain immoral."
After Harris's comments, pro-life nonprofit group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America slammed the VP for going on an "abortion fearmongering tour."
North Dakota's previous restrictions on abortion were challenged in court by what was formerly the state's only abortion clinic. Pictured is an abortion clinic in Idaho. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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"I've cared for patients from everywhere," she added.
Last year, Minnesota moved to fortify its status as a refuge for patients from restrictive states who travel to the state to seek abortions — and to protect providers who serve them. Maine is currently considering a similar bill.
In January, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a fast-tracked bill to codify the state's abortion rights.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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