Biden Breaks With Rivals by Opposing Federal Funds for Abortions
- Hyde Amendment restricts federal funding for most abortions
- Most 2020 Democratic hopefuls back repeal of 1976 measure
Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 18.
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Joe Biden is breaking with many of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination by maintaining support for a four-decade rule that prohibits paying for abortions with federal funds.
Biden’s campaign said in a statement that the former vice president is sticking with his long-standing backing of the 1976 Hyde Amendment, which has been routinely added to government funding bills and blocks federal medical programs from paying for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the woman.