Kamala Harris rejected by Florida Capitol, FSU for pro-abortion march

TALLAHASSEE (FLV) – Sources told Florida’s Voice that Vice President Kamala Harris will have to hold her pro-choice rally at a private residence on Sunday, Jan. 22 after being rejected by the Capitol and Florida State University.

Florida’s Voice has also learned Harris landed in Tallahassee Saturday night.

Harris planned to hold a pro-abortion march on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade (1973) in Florida’s capital. The state, led by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and a GOP state legislature, restricts abortion past 15 weeks and has indicated strong potential for widening those regulations.

“Harris will travel to Florida to deliver a major address on the fight for women across America to have access to reproductive care and make their own healthcare decisions,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. “Fifty years after the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, ultra-MAGA Republican officials continue to push at all levels of government for extreme legislation, rolling back women’s fundamental rights, including a national abortion ban.”

The March for Life took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20. It is the organization’s first march in post-Roe America.

Harris’ demonstration would have been in contrast to the pro-life march.

“What we’re here to do is say, ‘We’re not done. We have more progress that needs to be made on this issue,’” one attendee told CNN.

President Joe Biden will also speak Sunday about “the fight to secure women’s fundamental rights to reproductive healthcare,” Jean-Pierre said.