“Kamala Harris delivered an impassioned speech about abortion rights on Friday in Georgia, accusing Republicans who support abortion bans of causing unnecessary suffering as she described the far-reaching, painful and even deadly consequences of such policies,” the New York Times reports.

“Ms. Harris’s speech in Georgia, a top battleground state where she has narrowly trailed in polls, signaled a more combative and nimble approach in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign.”

Politico: “It’s the vice president’s latest attempt to hold Trump responsible for the near-total abortion bans that have taken effect in more than a third of states since Roe’s fall. For weeks, she has been highlighting stories of women who were denied abortions in emergency situations and families who have struggled to receive fertility care, like in vitro fertilization, to demonstrate the sweeping consequences of such laws.”

Kamala Harris plans on Friday to give her first abortion speech in Atlanta, where she will address the deaths of two Georgia women who, according to a senior campaign official, highlight the “dangerous consequences” of what Harris calls “Trump Abortion Bans,” ABC News reports.

“A 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child tells her story in a new campaign ad for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris,” the AP reports.

“The ad is part of a continued push by the Harris campaign to highlight the growing consequences of the fall of Roe, including that some states have abortion restrictions with no exceptions for rape or incest.”

Washington Post: “Republicans have been twisting themselves in knots over abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade just over two years ago. Now, a significant number of Republicans in tight races are expressing some level of support for abortion rights or its twin issue, in vitro fertilization — which for some of them is a reversal of previously held positions.”

“Republicans watched in the 2022 election cycle as voters sided with abortion rights measures in all six states with such measures on the ballot, and Republicans in House and Senate races underperformed as abortion became a key issue for voters.”

Sen. J.D. Vance dodged answering whether Donald Trump would veto a national abortion ban if he were president, Politico reports.

Said Vance: “I think that I’ve learned my lesson on speaking for the president before he and I have actually talked about an issue.”

“Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is the lone Republican member of the Florida House delegation who won’t say how she’ll vote on the state’s abortion ballot referendum,” Politico reports.

Said Luna: “I don’t think that questions of policy should be placed on the ballot, and I think that there’s some things that are up for debate within the medical community alone. The Supreme Court said, as a federal legislator, that my opinion on the matter doesn’t really matter.”

“Donald Trump pitched himself as a ‘leader’ on in vitro fertilization during his Tuesday debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. His plans are angering swaths of the Republican Party,” Politico reports.

“The former president, eager to deflect attacks that his election would threaten fertility care, has gone so far as to pledge free IVF treatments to all Americans, paid for either by insurance companies or the federal government.”

“A major Democratic super PAC is investing heavily in abortion messaging in battleground states,” Politico reports.

“American Bridge 21st Century released its latest round of TV and digital ads on Thursday — airing in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan and backed by $15 million buy — focused entirely on contrasting Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on abortion.”

Tampa Bay Times: “The officer’s visit appears to be part of a broad — and unusual — effort by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to inspect thousands of already verified and validated petitions for Amendment 4 in the final two months before Election Day. The amendment would overturn Florida’s six-week abortion ban by proposing to protect abortion access in Florida until viability.”

New audio was released of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R), who is running for governor, saying that he wants to get abortion restrictions down to “zero” weeks, NBC News reports.

Said Robinson: “That 12 weeks, exceptions for rape and incest … I’m not going to say it’s reasonable. But my faith allows me to live with that, because that’s where the consensus is. Do I want to continue to lower it? You better know it. I would love to get down to six weeks. And I’d like to get down to zero. I would like to push it back as far as we could and eliminate as many abortions as we can.”

The Hill notes one 30-second ad, titled “Told Us,” includes Donald Trump saying, “for 54 years they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated and I did it and I’m proud to have done it.”

Another 30-second ad, called “Big Family,” is narrated by an Alabama resident who discussed how her embryo transfer was canceled after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children.

The last ad, a one-minute spot titled “Laurel,” is narrated by a Wisconsin resident who discussed how she couldn’t get treatment quickly because of a blood clot in her uterus. Doctors were afraid of prosecution for treating her.

“The anti-abortion activists celebrating Donald Trump’s vow to vote no on Florida’s upcoming abortion-rights amendment have their sights on a bigger target: extracting a promise from the former president to staff his administration with staunch abortion opponents if he wins in November,” Politico reports.

“Trump’s rejection of Amendment 4 on Friday — 24 hours after criticizing the state’s six-week abortion ban — followed a public and private lobbying blitz from anti-abortion leaders.”

Playbook: “Among the wishlist for activists would be a list of judges he’d nominate or anti-abortion-rights advocates for top jobs. But the Trump campaign so far has not released any such commitments or responses to the entreaties.”