Joe Biden Described Being an ‘Odd Man Out’ with Democrats on Abortion in 2006 Interview

Today, CNN is out with a new report detailing that in 2006 Joe Biden used to proudly tout that he wasn’t in lock step with the Democratic party on abortion. Once Biden met the ire of the liberal left in 2019 he clearly caved from political pressure:

Joe Biden Described Being An ‘Odd Man Out’ With Democrats On Abortion In 2006 Interview

CNN
By: Andrew Kaczynski

Former Vice President Joe Biden described himself in 2006 as an “odd man out” within his own party on the issue of abortion, saying he made all sides angry with his approach.

Biden made the comments ahead of his 2008 presidential bid in a March 2006 interview with Texas Monthly. Video was later posted on YouTube in 2008 and reviewed by CNN’s KFile. The interview highlights how Biden has long staked out a more middle-ground approach on abortion rights compared to many in the Democratic Party.

Biden’s views on abortion rights faced scrutiny last week from advocacy groups and his Democratic rivals when his campaign announced he still supported the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal government funds from being used to pay for abortion except in cases of rape or incest and to save the life of the mother. Amid the criticism, Biden then quickly reversed his long-held position but said it was Republican attacks on Roe v. Wade — not political pressure — that led him to change course.

In the 2006 video, Biden called himself the “odd man out” in the Democratic Party on the issue because of his votes to limit government funding for abortion and votes in support of bans on certain late-term abortions.

“I’m a little bit of an odd man out in my party,” Biden said. “I do not vote for funding for abortion. I voted against partial birth abortion — to limit it — and I vote for no restrictions on a woman’s right to be able to have an abortion under Roe v. Wade. And, so I am — I made everybody angry. I made the right-to-life people angry because I won’t support a constitutional amendment or limitations on a woman’s right to exercise her constitutional right as defined by Roe v. Wade. And I’ve made the groups — the women’s groups and others — very angry because I won’t support public funding and I won’t support partial birth abortion.”

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