Title: What exactly is Biden's view on abortion? A look at his less-than-consistent record
Headings: What exactly is Biden's view on abortion? A look at his less-than-consistent record
What exactly is Biden's view on abortion? A look at his less-than-consistent record
1973: Disagrees with Roe ruling
1977: Comes down against federal funding for abortions
1981: Votes against exceptions, for the Hatch Amendment
1986: Says "abortion is wrong from the moment of conception"
1995: Supports a "partial-birth abortion" ban
1997: Continues to support federal funding restrictions
2005: Biden compares abortion to clean air
2007: Reiterates his opposition to public funding for abortion
2008: Votes again to prohibit federal funding for abortion
2010: Works to whip votes for Obamacare
2012: Claims separation of personal and political values
May 8, 2019: Biden says Hyde "can't stay"
June 5, 2019: Biden reverses his commitment
June 6, 2019: Says he "can no longer support" the Hyde Amendment
June 11, 2019: The finger-wag heard 'round the world
March 15, 2020: Calls to codify Roe

Content: Once the young man from a small state, Biden is now a household name. And after serving in the White House alongside former President Barack Obama, his views on everything from health care to unions and sexual assault prevention are well-known to the public. But there's one mainstay issue on which it's hard to pin Biden down: reproductive rights and abortion access. As Biden's political career has progressed, the national discourse around reproductive choice and abortion access has shifted dramatically — after all, he was elected before the Supreme Court handed down its landmark ruling on Roe v. Wade in 1973, which protected access to abortion under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Since then, the Supreme Court's 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey has allowed states to slowly chip away at clinic and abortion access, which has in turn polarized the debate around reproductive health care. For most candidates, abortion is now less of lightning rod and more of a litmus test. Most Democrats will say that they are the pro-choice party. Democrats also tend to believe that religious practice can coexist with pro-choice values: Hillary Clinton and her 2016 running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, are devout Methodist and Catholic, respectively.