Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorses Kamala Harris for President

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Planned Parenthood Action Fund is proud to officially join the resounding chorus of support for Kamala Harris to be the next President of the United States. Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action Fund released the following statement:

“Here’s the undeniable truth: Vice President Kamala Harris is the only person running for president that we can trust to protect access to abortion. Kamala Harris has spent her career fighting to protect access to sexual and reproductive health — and for the last two years as states have banned abortion, she has used her time and position to lift up and listen to abortion providers, patients, and advocates, including by being the first vice president in history to visit a Planned Parenthood health center. 

“Kamala Harris is more than qualified and ready to lead the nation as we face down the most urgent threat to democracy and our basic rights. In no uncertain terms, we must defeat Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and Project 2025, whose shared vision for America is a national abortion ban. This November we will decide who has the power to make our health care decisions. The overwhelming majority of Americans have made it clear time and time again where they stand when it comes to abortion rights: no politician is more qualified to make decisions about our bodies than we are. Full stop. 

“This election, we decide. Planned Parenthood Action Fund couldn’t be prouder to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president — a leader whose empathy, tenacity, and voice bring renewed energy to fight ahead.”

Vice President Harris’s record on protecting our reproductive freedom — including abortion — is unquestionable. When Roe v. Wade was overturned, Vice President Kamala Harris stepped up to be a fearless, unapologetic champion for reproductive freedom in the midst of a public health crisis. For the past two years, she has traveled across the country, hosting nearly 100 events, to sound the alarm on the attacks against abortion rights. She was the first vice president in history to visit a Planned Parenthood health center. Her leadership shaped the Biden-Harris administration’s response to the loss of a fundamental right, keeping the needs of patients at the heart of her work. 

The Biden-Harris administration: 

• issued two executive orders on protecting and securing access to reproductive health care services in an effort to lessen the harm of the abortion crisis — leveraging Medicaid to support patient travel, opening up supplemental Title X funds, and making some abortion care available through the VA;
• responded to misinformation by launching ReproductiveRights.gov – an essential source of accurate, trusted information about health care and access; and
• issued HIPAA guidance and most recently a HIPAA rule to strengthen privacy protections for reproductive health care.

As a senator, Kamala Harris made reproductive freedom a cornerstone of her work. 

• She fought to improve Black maternal health outcomes by introducing many maternal health bills, including the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act. 
• She blocked Senate Republicans from defunding Planned Parenthood and advocated relentlessly for the Title X program, specifically against the domestic gag rule.
• She championed birth control access, supporting multiple bills to increase affordability of contraception, as well as defending the Affordable Care Act and supporting access to sex education. 
• In the Senate Judiciary Committee, she was a leader on reproductive rights — especially when she fought to keep the issue front and center during the pivotal Supreme Court confirmation hearings of now-Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett. 
• She championed efforts to protect and expand access to sexual and reproductive health and rights around the globe by cosponsoring the Global HER Act to permanently end the global gag rule.
• She fought to protect nationwide access to abortion at the federal level by co-sponsoring the Women’s Health Protection Act. 
• She worked to end insurance coverage bans on abortion care by co-sponsoring the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage or EACH Act. 
• Then-Sen. Harris received Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Champion of Women’s Health Care Award in 2018 for her outstanding contributions to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund conducts a rigorous endorsement process for presidential candidates that involves a vote of the Action Fund Board of Directors, which is ratified by local Planned Parenthood advocacy and political organizations. Candidates seeking endorsement are assessed based on their commitment to and strong record on sexual and reproductive health. 

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Planned Parenthood Action Fund is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit membership organization formed as the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The Action Fund engages in educational, advocacy, and limited electoral activity, including grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and voter education