Kalamazoo, Michigan | Michelle Obama on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) issued an impassioned plea to voters – mainly American men – to support Kamala Harris at the election, as the vice president tried to recapture momentum in the final days of the campaign.

In her first appearance on the campaign trail, the former first lady, long reluctant to engage in the political arena, described the far-reaching consequences of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion, in the concrete terms of personal tragedy.