Title: Where 2020 Democrats stand on abortion | PBS NewsHour
Headings: Where 2020 Democrats stand on abortion
Where 2020 Democrats stand on abortion
Michael Bennet
Joe Biden
Cory Booker
Steve Bullock
Pete Buttigieg
Julián Castro
Bill De Blasio
John Delaney
Tulsi Gabbard
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kamala Harris
John Hickenlooper
Jay Inslee
Amy Klobuchar
Wayne Messam
Seth Moulton
Beto O’Rourke
Tim Ryan
Bernie Sanders
Eric Swalwell
Elizabeth Warren
Marianne Williamson
Andrew Yang

Content: Where 2020 Democrats stand on abortion | PBS NewsHour
Where 2020 Democrats stand on abortion
Politics Updated on Jun 7, 2019 10:05 PM EDT — Published on  Jun 7, 2019 5:48 PM EDT
Protecting abortion rights has become a key talking point for Democratic presidential candidates as Republican-led state legislatures have passed laws in recent months to severely restrict the procedure, in an ultimate bid to challenge Roe v. Wade at the high court. Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday denounced the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal dollars from being used for abortion. His abrupt reversal — as recently as Wednesday, Biden’s campaign had reaffirmed his long-standing support for the rule — thrust the Democratic frontrunner into the middle of the abortion debate. The position drew intense criticism this week from members of his own party and put him at odds with the national Democratic Party platform. A new PBS NewsHour-NPR-Marist poll found the majority of Americans do not agree with severe restrictions on abortion services. Most Americans also want to uphold Roe. Biden pointed to intensified efforts by Republican lawmakers to chip away at or overturn Roe this year as reason for his change of heart, but made clear he makes “no apologies for the last position.” A number of other 2020 candidates have said they would repeal the Hyde Amendment, although most of the contenders who serve in Congress have also voted for it when it was attached to larger funding bills. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Mayor Pete Buttigieg, of South Bend, Indiana, attended a rally in front of the Supreme Court last month in protest of newly passed state laws that ban abortions. Several of the measures prohibit the procedure as soon as cardiac activity is detected.