Kamala Harris heads to Arizona after abortion ban

12/4/2024 17:59

        U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris travels on Friday to Arizona, three days after a court there upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban, igniting a charged issue in one of 2024's most competitive election states.
        
        Arizona's conservative Supreme Court sent a shockwave through the narrowly divided state that could swing the presidential race and determine control of the Senate.
        
        Strategists in both parties said the ruling, which outlaws nearly all abortions, would push even Republican-leaning moderates toward Democrats, while also animating young voters and voters of color.
        
        U.S. President Joe Biden has tasked Harris, a former prosecutor and senator, with leading the administration's reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion rights and with reaching core liberal voters undecided on a second, four-year term for the president.