In Texas, Harris embraces Beyoncé and warns swing-state voters that ‘Trump abortion bans’ are coming for them

(CNN) – Vice President Kamala Harris, after being endorsed and embraced onstage in Houston by music superstar Beyoncé, warned voters across the country Friday night that Texas-style abortion bans would end up in their states if Donald Trump returns to the White House.Harris has leaned hard into her abortion rights message in the final days of the campaign, amplifying the stories of women affected by the state-level restrictions that followed the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Texas was chosen as the location for the rally, campaign officials said earlier, because of its harsh abortion ban.Related Stories “Know this,” Harris said, addressing a national audience. “If you think you are protected from Trump abortion bans because you live in Michigan or Pennsylvania or Nevada or New York or California, or any state where voters or legislators have protected reproductive freedom, please know: No one is protected if there is a Trump national abortion ban.”Texas has some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country, banning the procedure at six weeks – before many women know they are pregnant – with exceptions only in the case of life endangerment for the mother. A “trigger law” passed in 2021 took effect...