Joe Biden in 2006: ‘I do not view abortion as a choice and a right’

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Joe Biden’s abortion comments from 2006 resurfaced in which he showed a more moderate tone on the issue saying he was the “odd man out” in the Democratic Party on the issue.

“I’m a little bit of an odd man out in my party,” the former vice president said in video dug up by CNN. “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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