Kamala Harris hammers Trump on abortion in Arizona visit

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday went after former President Donald Trump in a visit to Arizona highlighting reproductive rights just days after the state's Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 near-total abortion ban is enforceable.

Harris slammed Trump over his record and rhetoric on abortion, calling him the “architect of this healthcare crisis,” as the court ruling brings the vital swing state to the forefront of abortion politics.

“President Donald Trump hand-picked three members of the United States Supreme Court because he intended for them to overturn Roe, and as he intended they did,” she said in Tucson.

Harris also pointedto Trump's previous comments about how women who seek abortions should be punished.

"Joe Biden and I trust women to know what is in their own best interest," the vice president said. "And women trust all of us, to fight to protect their most fundamental freedoms. So Arizona, this November, up and down the ballot, reproductive freedom is at stake and you have the power to protect it with your vote."

Harris previously blamed Trump for the court’s ruling.

“This even more extreme and dangerous ban criminalizes almost all abortion care in the state and puts women’s lives at risk. It provides no exceptions for rape, incest, or health,” Harris said in a statement Tuesday. “It’s a reality because of Donald Trump, who brags about being ‘proudly the person responsible’ for overturning Roe v. Wade, and made it possible for states to enforce cruel bans.”

On Friday, she spoke alongside state and local officials, including Rep. Ruben Gallego, who is running for the Senate.

Harris has taken a lead role in the administration’s approach to reproductive rights, traveling across the country during her “Fight