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Biden said he was ‘odd man out’ with Democrats on abortion in 2006

Former vice president Joe Biden is running for president of the United States, on the Democratic ticket, in 2020.

A video making the rounds this week shows Biden saying in 2006,

“I do not view abortion as a choice and a right. I think it’s always a tragedy.”

Mr. Biden made the remark in an on-camera video interview he did with the Texas Monthly’s former CEO Evan Smith (now at Texas Tribune), which CNN resurfaced on Thursday.

https://boingboing.net/2019/06/13/joe-biden-2006-i-do-not-v.html

I think children getting pregnant is a tragedy.

I think any unwanted pregnancy is a tragedy.

I think an unwanted child is a tragedy.

I think an abused child is a tragedy.

I think anyone - esp children - living in poverty is a tragedy.

I think women being impregnated through rape and abuse is a tragedy.

I think men surreptitiously removing condoms is a tragedy.

I think women giving up their babies for adoption is a tragedy.

I think women being refused birth control by so-called pharmacists is a tragedy.

I think so-called insurance companies’ refusal to cover all forms of women’s healthcare is a tragedy.

I think so-called women taking away actual women’s healthcare and rights is a tragedy.

I think so-called humans considering women inferior is a tragedy.

I think that women’s education and careers can be disrupted or ended by having a child is a tragedy.

I think the fact that joe biden’s looking a fool over this has become the “important” aspect is a tragedy.

I think the fact that ignorant and callous people are allowed to make laws which effect others’ bodies and lives is a tragedy.

I think the simple fact that women’s healthcare and abortion are still hot button issues in the 21st Century is a tragedy.