Vice President Kamala Harris was blasted on Thursday by pro-life groups after visiting a Planned Parenthood in Minnesota. The Minneapolis-based Planned Parenthood was part of her “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, which is meant to help prove the Biden administration’s commitment to abortion rights ahead of the 2024 election.
Harris’ tour of the abortion clinic makes her the first vice president in the history of the United States to visit an abortion provider.
During her visit, she gave a speech about how Republican efforts to take away women’s rights to abortion and other reproductive health resources is a “very serious health crisis.”
Referring to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, she stated that conservatives on the Supreme Court “took a constitutional right that had been recognized from the people of America – from the women of America.”
“In states around our country, extremists have proposed and passed laws that have denied women access to reproductive health care, and the stories abound. It is only right and fair that people have access to the health care they need and that they have access to health care in an environment where they are treated with dignity and respect,” she added.
Harris’ message was rejected by pro-lifers on social media, including KristanHawkins who called on fellow pro-lifers around the area to show up at the clinic for a demonstration.
“PRO-LIFE GEN: If you’re in or near Minneapolis, join us TODAY to show we are NOT going to accept this evil or the promotion and normalization of evil. Expected location of Kamala Harris: Planned Parenthood on Vandalia St,” she wrote in a post to X.
PRO-LIFE GEN: If you’re in or near Minneapolis, join us TODAY to show we are NOT going to accept this evil or the promotion and normalization of evil.
Expected location of Kamala Harris: Planned Parenthood on Vandalia St.
SHARE!!! pic.twitter.com/6UJCFO6MiZ
— Kristan Hawkins (@KristanHawkins) March 14, 2024
The Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America account also weighed in on Harris’ visit to the abortion clinic, saying, “The first word that popped in my head was ‘gross.’ There’s a good reason why no vice president or president has publicly visited an abortion provider before.”
The first word that popped in my head was “gross.”
There’s a good reason why no vice president or president has publicly visited an abortion provider before.@Ingrid_Jacques @USATODAY: https://t.co/73bikNYPJD
— SBA Pro-Life America (@sbaprolife) March 14, 2024
“Today, VP @KamalaHarris visits a Planned Parenthood in Minnesota. She’s the first sitting VP to visit an abortion facility. Remember that they sell abortions – and they’re only ‘pro-choice’ if that choice is abortion,” another tweet from the account read.
Today, VP @KamalaHarris visits a Planned Parenthood in Minnesota. She's the first sitting VP to visit an abortion facility.
Remember that they sell abortions – and they're only "pro-choice" if that choice is abortion. https://t.co/uhcpspAgow
— SBA Pro-Life America (@sbaprolife) March 14, 2024
The socially conservative Family Research Council tweeted, “Unbelievable. Today, @VP Harris will try to tell women that if they want the American Dream, they must sacrifice their own children. The visit will undoubtedly show the smiling faces of the abortionists and a deceptively pleasant atmosphere, but they won’t show the helplessness and heartbreak each mother feels as her child is killed, and torn from her womb.”
“They won’t show the tools used to literally tear a child limb from limb. They won’t show the room where the abortionist callously reconstructs the baby’s body to make sure he got all the parts. Abortion is gruesome—and it is not part of the American Dream. Even a Vice President of the United States of America can’t disguise the brutality of abortion,” the account added.
Unbelievable. Today, @VP Harris will try to tell women that if they want the American Dream, they must sacrifice their own children.
The visit will undoubtedly show the smiling faces of the abortionists and a deceptively pleasant atmosphere, but they won’t show the helplessness… pic.twitter.com/bxtyAbSRsO
— Family Research Council (@FRCdc) March 14, 2024