Bernie Sanders on Abortion

Bernie Sanders is a lifelong advocate for women. Bernie Sanders says that when he is in the White House, he is going to protect a woman’s right to control her own body. That is her decision, not the government’s. Despite major advances in civil and political rights, our country still has a long way to go in addressing the issues of gender inequality and reproductive freedom. Right now, extreme forces on the right are launching political attacks and passing draconian laws at both the state and national level with the goal of ending a woman’s right to choose. We must fight back together, and defend a woman’s right to control her own body and economic future. Bernie Sanders intends to fully fund Planned Parenthood, Title X, and other initiatives that protect women’s health, access to contraception, and the availability of a safe and legal abortion. Bernie Sanders also intends to expand the WIC program for pregnant mothers, infants, and children and pass the Equal Rights Amendment. He will oppose all efforts to undermine or overturn Roe v. Wade, and appoint federal judges who will uphold women’s most fundamental rights. In June 2019, amid Democratic presidential candidates announcing their support for repealing the Hyde Amendment, Sanders stated that he only voted for the amendment when it was part of larger spending bills and that he believed his record of "being literally 100 percent pro-choice is absolutely correct." Sanders pledged that he would never "nominate someone to the Supreme Court that is not 100 percent defending Roe V. Wade" and that supporting the latter Supreme Court decision was his only litmus test for Supreme Court nominees.
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