U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on June 6 that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on the use of federal healthcare money for most abortions—legislation he had confirmed he was in favor of just a day before.
The Hyde Amendment was passed in 1976, more than two years after the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, to prohibit the use of federal funds to pay for abortion services, with exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or when there is a threat to the woman’s life.
