Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: 1972 ARTICLE SURFACES SHOWING BERNIE SANDERS BACKED ABORTION RIGHTS YEAR BEFORE ROE V WADE [View all]uawchild
(2,208 posts)Twice.
"Hes always been a staunch supporter of the Hyde Amendment. As a U.S. senator from Delaware, Biden voted against a 1977 compromise that allowed Medicaid to fund abortions that included exceptions for victims of rape and incest in addition to concerns for the life of the mother, reports NBC News. While the rape and incest exceptions passed in that case, Biden voted in 1981 to again remove them, in what was the most far-reaching ban on federal funds ever enacted by Congress.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/6/1863085/-Joe-Biden-joins-Republicans-in-still-supporting-Hyde-Amendment-Luckily-we-have-alternatives
So in 1977 Biden voted AGAINST including RAPE and INCEST exceptions in the Hyde Amendment. He lost that vote.
Then in 1981 Joe Biden voted to REMOVE those RAPE and INCEST exceptions that were already in the law!
Sorry, but even back in 1981 THAT was an extreme position to take against women's rights.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided