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Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:06 PM Mar 2020

Biden Anti-Choice? [View all]

I was debating politics with an avowed Bernie supporter (who is prepared to refuse to vote if Bernie is not the nominee) and one of her friends jumped in and claimed that Biden may be anti-choice and would not nominate pro-choice justices when I tried to argue the importance of voting for the Supreme Court in November. I've seen a few random articles circulating among the Bernie fandom crowd on my social media feeds about stuff that Biden may or may not have done or said about Abortion decades ago, but, as far as his current campaign website goes, he purports to want to defend a woman's constitutional right to an abortion in his discussion of ACA.

https://joebiden.com/healthcare/

Biden is, admittedly, not my first choice in this primary but with Warren gone, he's the one I'm settling with (not here to debate) but I could never imagine him nominating anti-choice Judges, esp. to the Supreme Court. Anybody got any sourcing or exposition on his position on abortion rights? And I'm not interested in going back 30-40 years either. I want to know where he stands TODAY.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Biden Anti-Choice? [View all] Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2020 OP
Biden was never anti choice. drray23 Mar 2020 #1
I didn't think so either Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2020 #4
He has a more complicated history than that. But he is solidly pro-choice today... thesquanderer Mar 2020 #13
This is probably what they're looking back at Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2020 #17
A disingenuous response. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2020 #15
More lies from the Sandernistas? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #2
He's pro-choice mzmolly Mar 2020 #3
Her "friend" is clueless. Link to PP: TwilightZone Mar 2020 #5
My understanding about Biden is that as a devout Catholic, he personally, for him and PatrickforO Mar 2020 #6
They made the same argument 4 years ago videohead5 Mar 2020 #7
And here we are 4 years Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2020 #10
He is most definitely pro-choice Bev54 Mar 2020 #8
Brainwashing and gaslighting can do serious harm to stupid people's brains NCProgressive Mar 2020 #9
No. He's not mcar Mar 2020 #11
Biden is Catholic, but he is pro-choice MiniMe Mar 2020 #12
He's pro-choice. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #14
Biden is catholic... so... Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #16
We can go to Planned Parenthood for his platform position on this. LanternWaste Mar 2020 #18
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