Abortion-rights groups slammed Biden’s stance as unacceptable
Presidential front-runner Joe Biden faced swift and fierce backlash from fellow Democrats Wednesday after his campaign confirmed that he supports a four-decade-old ban on federal funding for abortion that much of his party has vowed to overturn.
Biden's campaign said on Wednesday that he misheard the ACLU activist's question and that his previous position supporting the Hyde amendment has not changed. poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201905/3404/1155968404_6042429088001_6037333630001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404"“We strongly encourage Joe Biden to speak to the people whose lives are impacted by this discriminatory policy and reevaluate his position,” said Kelley Robinson, executive director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. “To support the Hyde Amendment is to block people — particularly women of color and women with low incomes — from accessing safe, legal abortion.
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