Former Vice President Joe Biden was denied communion Sunday at a Catholic church in South Carolina over his support for abortion rights.
Father Robert Morey, the pastor at Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Florence, told the Florence Morning News that he had denied Biden communion because"any public figure who advocates for abortion places himself or herself outside of Church teaching." "Holy Communion signifies we are one with God, each other and the Church. Our actions should reflect that," Morey said in an email to the newspaper.
Biden previously supported the Hyde Amendment but reversed his position earlier this year amid criticism from his 2020 Democratic presidential rivals. Biden, in the 2012 vice presidential debate, said he personally opposes abortion."I just refuse to impose that on others, unlike my friend here," he said, referring to then-Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan."I do not believe we have a right to tell women that they can't control their body.
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