Inside Kamala Harris' Campaign to Protect Abortion Rights

glamour.com:

By caught a flight to Indianapolis on a cloudy Monday morning in July, a sense of inevitability hanging in the air like fog.

In a world, Indiana was about to become the first state to convene a special session on abortion restrictions—a legislative process that could, in a matter of weeks, decide the fate of women and pregnant people for years to come.

Speaking to a circle of Democratic state leaders ahead of the afternoon session, the Vice President didn’t mince words.“This has created a healthcare crisis in America” Harris said. "And I will tell you, around our country, we are seeing, indeed, many states since the Dobbs decision and attempting even before to criminalize health professionals, to punish women.”Emboldened by the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in last month, half the country is expected to criminalize abortion with that range in scope and severity.

Some plan to permit the procedure exclusively in cases of rape, incest, and imminent danger to the woman’s life. Others have chosen to outlaw abortion after six weeks: a deadline so early in a pregnancy that most women are guaranteed to miss it.