Kamala Harris focusing on personal stories as she campaigns on abortion rights

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris listens to a parent’s survivor story as she joins Oprah Winfrey at Oprah’s Unite for America Live Streaming event on Thursday (Paul Sancya/AP)

For the first time since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket, US Vice President Kamala Harris is set to give a speech focused squarely on abortion rights and she will do so in Georgia, where news reports have documented women’s deaths in the face of the state’s six-week ban.

“It is a time of mourning, but it’s also a time where great action can come out of this,” said Park Cannon, a Georgia state legislator and a doula who provides guidance and support to pregnant woman during labour.