The Kamala Harris campaign announced Friday the launch of a new bus tour aimed at championing women’s reproductive rights and drawing attention to the importance of the upcoming election, which remains a key issue ahead of November.
The “Fight for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour kicks off on Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida, and will feature Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Harris-Waltz campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, CNN senior political commentator Ana Navarro and reproductive rights storyteller Anya Cook, who 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 differences between Harris and former President Donald Trump’s stance on reproductive freedom. It will include elected officials, celebrities and Republicans who support a Harris-Waltz coalition. Gwen Waltz, the second and third wives of Minnesota, are also expected to join in the coming weeks.
At each stop, according to the campaign, Harris and her lieutenant governor, Gov. Tim Walz, will insist that they will restore the protections of Roe, while also warning about President Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance’s “dangerous Project 2025 plan that would put in place a nationwide abortion ban, restrict access to contraception, create a national anti-abortion coordinator, require states to report women’s miscarriages and abortions, and jeopardize access to in vitro fertilization.”
During the Biden administration, Harris has become the administration’s leading voice on reproductive rights, both publicly and behind the scenes. Earlier this year, she launched a “reproductive freedom tour,” seeking to highlight issues former Biden aides saw as important to swaying voters in the November election.
According to the campaign, the bus tour also aims to grow the campaign’s organizational base by activating and mobilizing supporters and volunteers through face-to-face contact with voters at field offices, door-to-door canvassing, phone banks, etc. The campaign plans to invite influencers to engage with online audiences, especially younger voters.