Joe Biden on Abortion

• I accept church rule personally, but not in public life. (Oct 2012)
• No church needs to provide contraception under ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
• Romney will appoint pro-life Justice; Obama will not. (Oct 2012)
• Constitution does offer an inherent right to privacy. (Oct 2008)
• Roe v. Wade is as close to a consensus as we can get. (Oct 2008)
• Voted NO on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP. (Mar 2008)
• Voted NO on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion. (Mar 2008)
• Allow women to choose, but no federal funding. (Jul 2007)
• Accepts Catholic church view that life begins at conception. (Apr 2007)
• No public funding for abortion; it imposes a view. (Apr 2007)
• Nominees should agree on constitutional right to privacy. (Apr 2007)
• Supports partial-birth abortion ban, but not undoing Roe. (Apr 2007)
• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
• Ensure access to and funding for contraception. (Feb 2007)
• Rated 0% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance. (Dec 2006)
• Voted NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
• Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
• Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)
• Voted NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
• Rated 36% by NARAL, indicating a mixed voting record on abortion. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
• Protect the reproductive rights of women. (Jan 1993)
• Nominees should agree on constitutional right to privacy. (Apr 2007) Voting Record