[486] Biden's plan aims to expand health insurance coverage to 97% of Americans, including by creating a public health insurance option.[488]
Biden has supported same-sex marriage since 2012[489][490] and also supports Roe v. Wade and repealing the Hyde Amendment.[491][492] He opposes drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.[493] As a senator, he forged deep relationships with police groups and was a chief proponent of a Police Officer's Bill of Rights measure that police unions supported but police chiefs opposed.[494][495] In 2020, Biden also ran on decriminalizing cannabis,[496] after zealously advocating the War on Drugs as a U.S. senator.[497][better source needed]
Biden believes action must be taken on global warming. As a senator, he co-sponsored the Boxer–Sanders Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act, the most stringent climate bill in the United States Senate.[498] He wants to achieve a carbon-free power sector in the U.S. by 2035 and stop emissions completely by 2050.[499] His program includes reentering the Paris Agreement, nature conservation, and green building.