US Vice President Kamala Harris at the Emily's List gala in Washington. Getty Images / AFP
Ms Harris spoke at the 30th anniversary celebration of the pro-choice organisation a day after a published report revealed that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v Wade case, which created a constitutional right to abortion. Getty Images / AFP
Kamala Harris said: 'If the court overturns Roe v Wade, it will be a direct assault on freedom, on the fundamental right of self-determination to which all Americans are entitled.' Getty Images / AFP
'Those Republican leaders who are trying to weaponise the use of the law against women, well, we say, how dare they?' Ms Harris said. Getty Images / AFP
US Vice President Kamala Harris. Getty Images / AFP
Ms Harris called for unity 'in this fight ... if you stand for freedom, for self-determination, for the right to privacy, if you stand for these principles, stand with us'. AFP
Abortion-rights activists and supporters protest outside Philadelphia's federal courthouse on May 3, 2022, in response to the leak of a draft opinion on a potential Supreme Court vote to overturn Roe v Wade. The Philadelphia Inquirer / AP
Abortion rights campaigners outside the US Federal Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona. Reuters
Alexandra Murphy, of Oakland, dresses as former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg while attending a protest outside the Ronald V Dellums federal building in Oakland, California. San Francisco Chronicle / AP
Martha Kreeger alongside abortion-rights activists and supporters during a protest. San Francisco Chronicle / AP
Demonstrators during an abortion-rights protest in San Francisco, California. Bloomberg