"I do not consider abortion as a choice and a right"

JComments on abortion by oe Biden of 2006 resurfaced in which he showed a more moderate tone on the issue, claiming that he was the "odd man" of the Democratic Party on the issue.

"I'm a little weird in my party," said the former vice president in a video discovery by CNN. "I do not vote for abortion funding, I voted against abortion by partial birth – to limit it – and I vote for no restrictions on the right of a woman to to be able to have an abortion Roe v. Wade. And, so I am – I made everyone angry. I've put the right people to life angry because I would not support a constitutional amendment or limitations on a woman's right to exercise her constitutional right as defined by Roe v. Wade. And I made groups – women's groups and others – very angry because I would not support public funding and I would not support partial birth abortion. "

"I do not consider abortion as a choice and a right," said Biden. "I think it's still a tragedy, and I think it should be rare and safe, and I think we should focus on how to limit the number of abortions." It should be possible to find a common ground and a consensus this. "

"I think that the vast majority of the American people think that this can be done, but unfortunately we are in the position, you are either" to eliminate abortion in all circumstances ", or to quote" l & rsquo; Abortion on demand "," he added. . "The fact is that I have never heard of a woman having an abortion say," By the way, I want to abort. " "It's still a tragic decision made, always a difficult decision, and I think we should focus on how to treat women who do not want abortion."

Biden said a week ago that he was no longer supporting the Hyde Amendment, which banned federal funds from funding abortions because "times have changed."

"I supported the Hyde amendment, like many others, because there was enough money and circumstances to allow women to exercise this right," said Biden. "But the circumstances have changed."

"I can not justify leaving millions of women without access to the care they need and the opportunity to form and exercise their constitutionally protected right. If I believe that health care is a right, as I think, I can no longer support an amendment that would make it subordinate to a person's postal code, "he added.

"Vice President Biden supports the right of women to choose and thinks we are in an era of unprecedented assault on choice in our country," said a spokesman for the Biden campaign as a result of his comments of 2006.

Biden is currently the favorite in a group of two dozen candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.