Biden’s campaign plans to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling turnaround the landmark Roe v. Wade who secured the federal right to abortion by storming the country with messages and events designed to contrast President Joe Biden’s views with those of former President Donald Trump, according to information shared exclusively with NBC News.
During the weekend before and on the anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson, the campaign will hold more than 30 events to mobilize volunteers and contact voters in cities across swing states, including Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Las Vegas.
Campaign officials also plan to use the anniversary, which comes just days before Biden’s scheduled debate over Trump for the first time this cycle on June 27, as an opportunity to talk about what’s at stake in the election and attack Trump’s previous statements on abortion.
“What we will see on this anniversary is that every arm, every muscle of this campaign will be mobilized on this issue and part of this effort,” said Morgan Mohr, the Biden campaign’s senior adviser on reproductive rights. in an interview. “We’ve seen this work and we’re really excited to build on this momentum. And we’re also excited to keep doing this every week for the next 20 weeks until we win this election.”
Mohr described the anniversary of Dobbs’ decision as the “two-year mark of the devastation that Trump has unleashed across the country” and added that the campaign plans to “show voters exactly what he has done to women across the country.”
The overall strategy comes as Biden’s campaign views abortion as a unique mobilizing issue, with several state ballot measures set to put the issue of abortion access before voters in November. In interviews and various surveys, Americans repetitionThefearful saI went that abortion is an important issue that will affect how they vote.
As part of the effort, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, along with several campaign surrogates and celebrities, including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith and actress Lisa Ann Walter, will draw attention to what they say are the dangerous consequences of Overturning Roe v. Wade that swept the country.
The Biden campaign, which has made telling the personal stories of women affected by abortion restrictions a key part of its message, will feature more of those stories in new ads in the lead-up to the anniversary.
The campaign also plans to hold virtual and in-person storytelling trainings to help women share their own stories and why they believe reproductive freedom is important. Women who have faced health issues related to abortion laws, including Kaitlyn Kash, Amanda Zurawski, Kaitlyn Joshua, Dr. Austin Dennard, Latorya Beasley and Lauren Miller, will also fan out across the country for campaign events.
The campaign also plans to have surrogates on the airwaves and for popular internet creators and personalities to disseminate information and news updates about the Biden campaign at events and rallies.
In an interview with NBC News, Kash, a 37-year-old woman from Austin, Texas, said she welcomed the opportunity to share her story to help re-elect Biden. She said she traveled out of state for an abortion while she was 13 weeks pregnant with her second child after learning the fetus had a fatal birth defect. She later gave birth to a healthy daughter through IVF.
Kash was part of a group of women who processed Texas to get the state to clarify when exceptions could be made to the abortion ban. The Texas Supreme Court ruled against the women last month and said the medical exceptions in Texas law were broad enough.
“I have to dedicate my time and my story to the national level because my state will not protect me,” Kash said. “My state has made it very clear that it doesn’t care if I live or die, and it doesn’t care about my rights to choose to do what I want to do. And so I need federal protection.”
She added that she hopes others are empowered by hearing her story.
“I want women to hear our stories and feel comfortable talking to someone about their decision or what they need to do, because you shouldn’t do this alone,” said Kash. “I also want to destigmatize this conversation. Abortion is health care and health care is a fundamental human right. We have to talk about this and let women know that they are supported and that we care for them, that we love them and that we want to help them.”
Kash also said she is motivated after the Supreme Court’s ruling last week reject a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone, meaning the commonly used medicine can remain widely available. She said that while she is relieved that the pill, which she used during a miscarriage, remains affordable, the ruling underscored to her that those who oppose abortion rights will continue to try to restrict access to the procedure.
“I’m definitely worried that we won’t just stop this kind of ban and there will be a national ban,” she said. “I think it’s important, especially in swing states, for women to hear, ‘You may think your rights are protected now, but until we’re able to do something at the federal level, it may not be.’”
And although Trump has said he wants the abortion issue left up to the states, the Biden campaign has said it will continue to say that Trump and Republicans cannot be trusted and that it would push for a national abortion ban if given the opportunity.
Asked how the Supreme Court ruling on abortion medication this week influenced the campaign’s plans, Mohr said his message would be that the challenge to mifepristone is “just one part of a massive, multi-faceted strategy to ban abortion in All country”.
“We are seeing in real time the chaos and confusion and cruelty that he has caused,” Mohr said of Trump. “It’s not over. We haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet, but it’s been horrible enough. And what he did could get much worse if he returns to office and brings this devastation to all 50 states.”
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