Vice President Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Minnesota on Thursday.

Harris toured the clinic in the Twin Cities area and spoke to physicians about how theyve been affected by abortion bans outside of the state, a White House official told HuffPost. The stop, first reported by NBC News , is part of the vice presidents Fight for Reproductive Freedoms tour . Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) were slated to join her.

Im here at this health care clinic to uplift the work that is happening in Minnesota as an example of what true leadership looks like, Harris told reporters at the clinic, CNN reported .

The reason Im here is because this is a health care crisis, Harris said. Part of this health care crisis is the clinics like this that have had to shut down and what that has meant to leave no options with any reasonable geographic area for so many women who need this essential care.

Minnesota has become a safe haven for abortion in the Midwest since the U.S. Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade in 2022. North Dakota and South Dakota enacted near-total abortion bans right after the high courts decision, and Nebraska has a 12-week ban on the books. After the state saw an uptick in out-of-state patients , Walz signed a refuge law that shielded people traveling to Minnesota for abortions from legal consequences in their home states.

The Planned Parenthood clinic provides abortion care, as well as birth control and other reproductive health services. The name and location of the clinic were not released.