In Florida, Kamala Harris is the voice of the White House on the right to abortion

Kamala Harris during her speech in Orlando, Florida, July 14, 2022. © AP - John Raoux

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Three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down abortion rights, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Florida to speak out against "

extremists and so-called leaders who restrict rights instead of extend them

.

As the midterm elections approach in November, Kamala Harris is increasingly establishing herself as the voice of the White House on the defense of abortion rights.

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With our correspondent in Miami,

David Thomson

Cheered by 12,000 of her black sisters all dressed in white in Orlando, Kamala Harris is at home.

The vice president comes to defend the right to abortion before the annual convention of the famous African-American sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, the one to which Kamala Harris has been faithful since her years at Howard University.

From Florida, before these African-American women, the traditional base of the Democratic Party and the first concerned by the cancellation of the

right to abortion

, Kamala Harris vilifies

the conservative offensive in the southern United States.

 “

These so-called leaders are criminalizing doctors and punishing women who want to make health choices for themselves 

!

We must continue the fight for the right of women to make the most intimate decision with their doctor, but it is not up to the state to tell them what they are supposed to do!

»

Remobilize the Democratic electorate

And in Florida, Kamala Harris comes to challenge the rising star of the Republican Party, conservative Governor Ron De Santis, often presented as the heir to

Trumpism

With four months of high-risk midterm elections, the vice president renews her calls for a vote.

The Democrats, at the lowest in the polls, hope that the cancellation of the right to abortion will have the effect of mobilizing their electorate.

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