Facing criticism from the left, Joe Biden reverses course on Hyde abortion amendment
1 / 6Election 2020 Joe BidenDemocratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the I Will Vote Fundraising Gala Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Atlanta. ATLANTA — After two days of intense criticism, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reversed course Thursday and declared that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions.
Speaking at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Atlanta, Biden didn't mention the attacks he's endured this week but tacitly agreed with his critics who cast the Hyde Amendment as another abortion barrier that disproportionately affects poor women and women of color. He said new restrictions in Republican-run states like Georgia and Alabama justify his shift.
"I want to be clear: I make no apologies for my last position. I make no apologies for what I'm about to say," he explained, arguing that"circumstances have changed." A Planned Parenthood representative applauded Biden's reversal but noted that he has been behind the women's rights movement on the issue.
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