Harris hitting every battleground state, hoping to drive turnout

Vice President Kamala Harris will sojourn each battleground authorities successful nan last week earlier Election Day, pinch a attraction connected female voters who she hopes will propel her to nan White House. 

The run has directed respective messages to female voters successful caller days, reminding them that what happens successful nan voting booth is simply a secret.

A Democratic advertisement released Monday delivers nan message: "You tin ballot immoderate measurement you want and nary 1 will ever know." 

On Saturday successful Kalamazoo, Michigan, former first woman Michelle Obama reminded women that "we are much than conscionable babe making vessels." 

"If you are a female who lives successful a family of men that don't perceive to you aliases worth your opinion, conscionable retrieve that your ballot is simply a backstage matter," Obama said successful nan battleground state. 

A elector CBS News met astatine nan rally said she's heard from a number of female Republicans who will ballot Democrat. 

"There's been benignant of a small nether run going about," she said. "You tin ballot and nary 1 knows your vote. And it's been aiming astatine women."

Four first-time female voters each said nan apical rumor for women their property is abortion and reproductive rights. 

Harris told CBS News successful an question and reply Saturday that she would reconstruct Roe v. Wade if she wins nan election. 

"I support Roe v. Wade being put backmost into rule by Congress, and to reconstruct nan basal correct of women to make decisions astir their ain body. It is that basic," Harris said. 

Harris skirted nan mobility astir whether she supports abortion restrictions aft fetal viability, mostly considered to beryllium betwixt 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy. 

"We would not beryllium debating this if Donald Trump had not hand-selected 3 members of nan United States Supreme Court pinch nan volition they would undo nan protections of Roe v. Wade," she said, noting that women person died because of restrictions that person been enacted since nan rollback. 

"We person seen women who are experiencing a miscarriage astir a gestation they prayed for and being denied healthcare because doctors are acrophobic they're going to spell to prison, and those women processing sepsis," she said. "We person seen bonzer harm and symptom and suffering hap because of what Donald Trump did successful intending and effectuating and overturning of Roe v. Wade. Yes, my first privilege is to put backmost successful spot those protections and to extremity this symptom and to extremity this injustice that is happening astir our country." 

She besides urged Americans not to return erstwhile President Donald Trump astatine his connection erstwhile he denies that he would support a nationalist abortion ban. 

"He says everything," Harris said. "Come on, are we really taking his connection for it? He said that women should beryllium punished. He has been each complete nan spot connected this." 

With polling showing immoderate of Harris' early gains person slowed and that nan title for nan presidency is fundamentally a dormant heat, Harris said she doesn't put excessively overmuch banal successful nan polls.

"I think, certainly, polling is simply a measure, but to beryllium frank, if I'd listened to polls I would person ne'er tally for my first aliases 2nd office," she said. "Wouldn't beryllium present talking pinch you."

She pointed to grounds turnout for early voting successful North Carolina and Georgia arsenic a motion of enthusiasm.

Asked if, considering really precocious successful nan process she became nan Democratic nominee, she felt she had capable clip to make her lawsuit to nan American people, Harris responded, "I'm gonna make nan astir of nan clip I have."