The Post typically does not identify victims of sexual assault but is naming her because she spoke in a public forum. “Across the country, generations of women in situations like mine have suffered because of the Hyde Amendment, because it is in place.”The emotional moment at the Planned Parenthood candidates forum in South Carolina on Saturday came just after Biden was asked to defend his “mixed record” on abortion. Last month, some Democratic activists, lawmakers and 2020 challengers criticized Biden over his career-long support for the Hyde Amendment, forcing Biden to flip his position and come out against it. Nearly every candidate who spoke at the event mentioned their opposition to the Hyde Amendment, which has only recently become a mainstream position for Democrats. “The attack is not just an attack on women,” Warren said.

Source: Washington Post June 22, 2019 23:26 UTC