Biden says he personally opposes abortion and has spoken openly about his internal struggles with the issue, but in 2007 wrote that he doesn't think he has “a right to impose my view on the rest of society” and commits to protecting Roe v. Wade.
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden’s decadeslong evolution on abortion rights has in many ways mirrored the changing attitudes of the Democratic Party, growing increasingly supportive over time.
A devout Roman Catholic, Biden says he personally opposes abortion and has spoken openly about his internal struggles with the issue. Biden’s continued support for Hyde not only sets him apart from the rest of his 2020 Democratic competitors, but it may surprise progressive groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, which promotedby one of its activists appearing to get Biden to commit to ending Hyde during a rope-line exchange in South Carolina. Biden’s campaign told NBC he would be open to repealing Hyde if abortion avenues currently protected under Roe were threatened.
All of the female senators running for the Democratic nomination — Kamala Harris of California, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts — are co-sponsoring legislation to overturn the Hyde Amendment. And no other Democratic presidential candidate has come out in support of keeping the law.
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