US election 2024: as Kamala Harris consolidates her campaign, abortion likely to be a major focus

By Emma Long, Associate Professor of American History and Politics, University of East Anglia

Kamala Harris has been the presumptive Democratic nominee for US president for less than a fortnight, but some key themes are becoming clear from her campaign. One of those is abortion, about which she has spoken frequently since Joe Biden declared her his preferred successor.

Just over two years ago, the US Supreme Court overruled the 49-year-old precedent of Roe v Wade and withdrew constitutional…

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