Abortion, Israel, crime: Where does Kamala Harris stand on key issues?

Days after President Joe Biden announced his historic decision to withdraw from the 2024 race, it’s all eyes on Vice President Kamala Harris, who quickly emerged as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Though Harris has spent the last four years in the White House, her role as VP has largely centered around supporting the Biden administration’s initiatives. As she hits the campaign trail to raise cash and shore up support, the vice president will now have to present her vision of the US to potential voters, revealing how a Harris administration would handlekey policies and issues. 

While much remains unknown about Harris’s potential platform — and how it will differ from her predecessor’s — here is what we know about her take on several key policy issues.

Harris may be most well known for herstance on abortion rights — something she spent considerable time on the Biden campaign trail advocating for after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Over the last few months, Harris has stopped in multiple states to speak with abortion rights advocates as part of her “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour, becoming the unofficial Biden administration ambassador to the issue.

She has called state abortion bans a “health care crisis” and highlighted their negative impact on maternal mortality rates. Harris has also come out in favor of codifying abortion protections that Roe v. Wade offered into federal law.

Harris has been an outspoken supporter of abortion rights her entire career — which proved valuable for the Biden campaign since Biden himself has an inconsistent track record on the subject.

While serving as a senator in 2019, Harris pitched a plan to require states to clear any reproductive health laws