Biden Says Catholic Church Less Strict on Abortion Than Graham

Sept. 22, 2022, 10:57 PM UTC

President Joe Biden criticized GOP efforts, including legislation from Senator Lindsey Graham, to restrict abortion nationwide, calling the push extreme and claiming the Catholic Church was less strict on the issue than congressional Republicans.

“You have Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and others talking about how they’re gonna you know, make sure that Roe is forever gone and Dobbs becomes a national law,” Biden said at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in New York on Thursday.

Senator Lindsey Graham
Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg

“Talk about, what, no exceptions. Rape, incest, no exceptions,” he continued. “Now, I’m gonna deal with my generic point. I happen to ...

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