Kamala Harris’ campaign on Friday announced the launch of a new bus tour aimed at advocating for women’s reproductive rights and warning of the stakes in the upcoming election as it remains a key issue ahead of November.
The “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour will kick off Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Harris-Walz campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, CNN senior political commentator Ana Navarro and reproductive rights storyteller Anya Cook. They are expected to “hold Trump directly accountable for the devastating impacts of overturning Roe v. Wade, including threatening access to IVF.”
The bus tour will make at least 50 stops in key battleground states to highlight the contrasts between Harris and former President Donald Trump’s stance on reproductive freedom. It will feature elected officials, celebrities and Republicans for the Harris-Walz ticket. The second gentleman and first lady of Minnesota Gwen Walz will also participate in the coming weeks.
According to the campaign, each stop will make the case that Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, will restore protections of Roe, while warning of Trump and Sen. JD Vance’s “dangerous Project 2025 agenda to ban abortion nationwide, restrict access to birth control, create a national anti-abortion coordinator, force states to report on women’s miscarriages and abortions, and jeopardize access to IVF.”
Under the Biden administration, Harris specifically has become the administration’s foremost voice on reproductive rights, both in public events and behind the scenes. Earlier this year she kicked off the “reproductive freedoms tour” in an effort to focus on an issue the former Biden campaign believed would be critical to mobilizing voters in November.
The bus tour, according to the campaign, also aims to serve to grow the campaign’s organizing infrastructure by energizing and mobilizing supporters and volunteers, including through direct voter contact at field offices, canvass launches and phone banks. The campaign will also host influencers to engage online audiences, specifically young voters.