Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigning Monday in Wisconsin, again harshly criticized former President Donald J. Trump for his actions on abortion, a hot-button issue nationwide. She but she remained silent on the war in Gaza, another issue emerging elsewhere in the critical bloc of young voters she has been courting.

The split screen captured the advantages and challenges for Democrats heading into November’s presidential election. Even as the party seeks to galvanize voters over the wave of abortion restrictions in numerous states since Roe v. Wade faces internal divisions among key parts of his coalition.

On Monday, as demonstrations gripped college campuses across the East Coast, Harris kept her attention squarely focused on Trump and what she described as his attacks on women. He considered the 2024 election as an option over preserving freedom, which he called “fundamental to the promise of America.”

“This is a time when we must stand up for fundamental, foundational values ​​and principles,” he told about 100 people at a community center in La Crosse, in the western part of the state. “When we think about what’s at stake, it’s absolutely about freedom.”

Abortion rights have become a central issue of President Biden’s reelection bid, and Ms. Harris has taken a leading role.

Their event in La Crosse was part of a day-long trip to the battleground state that focused on official and campaign duties centered on health care and reproductive rights. Earlier in the day, Ms. Harris met for a roundtable with health care leaders and workers and revealed two rule changes from the Biden administration intended to benefit hundreds of thousands of health care workers.

The changes will institute new national minimum staffing standards for federally funded nursing homes (the first of their kind) and a new requirement to help boost pay for home health workers by requiring that 80 percent of Medicaid payments for home care services are spent on paying workers versus administrative expenses.

But his silence on the conflict between Israel and Hamas was notable. Harris has been working to shore up Biden’s weaknesses among young and black voters. He has made repeated visits to South Carolina, began a college tour last year and is hitting the campaign trail to defend abortion rights and promote the Democratic agenda.

In an interview With a Milwaukee television news reporter on Monday, he spoke about anti-Semitism in the United States, particularly after the Hamas attacks in Israel that sparked the Gaza conflict, saying, “what we’ve seen since October 7, “We’re just seeing it growing.” , and I am deeply concerned about that.”

Wisconsin is a crucial swing state for Democrats, part of their so-called blue wall and one of the few states likely to decide the November race.

“We’re not fighting something, we’re fighting for everything that we believe is good and right for our country,” Harris said.