Every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion. We will repeal the Hyde Amendment, and protect and codify the right to reproductive freedom. Democrats oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to reproductive health and rights.
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- The American Presidency Project (2020 Democratic Party Platform)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2020-democratic-party-platform ↗
“Every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion. We will repeal the Hyde Amendment, and protect and codify the right to reproductive freedom. Democrats oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to reproductive health and rights.”
“The budget plan, released late last week, would drop the policy which has restricted funding for abortion through federal programs such as Medicaid.”
- U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117-2 No. 170https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00170.htm ↗
“Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected”
“The Women's Health Protection Act, a Democrat-led bill that would effectively codify a right to an abortion, failed to pass, as expected, after it did not reach the Senate's 60-vote threshold.”
- The American Presidency Project (Biden Campaign Press Release: NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorses Joe Biden for President)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-icymi-naral-pro-choice-america-endorses-joe-biden-for ↗
“Joe Biden has outlined his commitment to protecting and expanding reproductive freedom by vowing to work to safeguard Roe v. Wade, only appoint judges who will respect Roe, support the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, and use executive action to protect and expand access to abortion and contraception.”
- The American Presidency Project (Biden Campaign Press Release: The Biden Agenda for Women)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-the-biden-agenda-for-women ↗
“Vice President Biden supports repealing the Hyde Amendment because health care is a right that should not be dependent on one's zip code or income.”
“I can't justify leaving millions of women without access to the care they need and the ability to exercise their constitutionally protected right. If I believe healthcare is a right as I do, I can no longer support an amendment that makes that right dependent on someone's zip code.”
- OnTheIssues.org (sourcing July 31, 2019 Democratic Primary Debate, Detroit)https://www.ontheissues.org/2020/Joe_Biden_Abortion.htm ↗
“I support a woman's right to choose. I support it's a constitutional right. — Joe Biden, July 31, 2019 Democratic Primary Debate”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-07/html/2021-21542.htm ↗
“The effect of this 2021 final rule is to revoke the requirements of the 2019 regulations, including removing restrictions on nondirective options counseling and referrals for abortion services.”
“The Biden administration has rescinded a Trump-era rule banning any provider who offers abortions or refers patients for abortions from receiving Title X funding.”
“But the public option plan, though backed by Presidents Biden and Barack Obama, also has gone nowhere because of political opposition in Congress.”
- Federal Registerhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/24/2021-13638/protecting-womens-health-at-home-and-abroad ↗
“The Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017 (The Mexico City Policy), is revoked.”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/28/memorandum-on-protecting-womens-health-at-home-and-abroad/ ↗
“The Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017 (The Mexico City Policy), is revoked.”
“The effect of this 2021 final rule is to revoke the requirements of the 2019 regulations”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/10/the-white-house-blueprint-for-addressing-the-maternal-health-crisis-two-years-of-progress/ ↗
“In June 2022, Vice President Harris announced the Biden-Harris Administration's Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis, a whole-of-government effort to combat maternal mortality and morbidity.”
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics (Health E-Stat 100)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK611990/ ↗
“The maternal mortality rate for 2023 decreased to 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with a rate of 22.3 in 2022.”
“If I am elected, I will restore the Obama-Biden policy that existed before the Hobby Lobby ruling: providing an exemption for houses of worship and an accommodation for nonprofit organizations with religious missions.”
- Federal Registerhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/02/2023-01981/coverage-of-certain-preventive-services-under-the-affordable-care-act ↗
“These rules propose rescinding the moral exemption rule.”
- Federal Registerhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/30/2024-31239/coverage-of-certain-preventive-services-under-the-affordable-care-act ↗
“This document withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking that appeared in the Federal Register on February 2, 2023, regarding coverage of certain preventive services under the Affordable Care Act.”