Presidential Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden came under spirited attack from White House rivals Wednesday after his campaign confirmed that he supports a ban on federal funding for abortions that many in his party want overturned. It highlighted the fault lines in a sensitive debate of the hot-button abortion issue in the run up to next year's elections between a Democratic nominee and President Donald Trump. The issue surged to the fore Wednesday when Biden's campaign confirmed to US media that he supported the Hyde Amendment, an existing law that prohibits expenditure of federal funds on abortions except in rare cases when a pregnancy endangers the life of the mother, or when the pregnancy results from rape or incest.
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