Former vice-president says he can no longer support Hyde amendment, which prohibits use of federal funding for abortions
A day after Joe Biden affirmed his support for the Hyde Amendment – a measure that prohibits the use of federal funding for abortions – he reversed course and announced that he could no longer support the ban.
Biden, the former vice-president and an early frontrunner for the Democratic party presidential nomination, abandoned the position he has held for decades amid fierce criticism from his top primary rivals, lawmakers and liberal activists.
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