Former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Fox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio MORE, a 2020 White House hopeful, on Saturday called for making Roe v. Wade official federal law.

Biden made the comments about the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision upholding abortion rights while speaking at a Planned Parenthood forum in South Carolina, according to Politico.

Biden said that he'd support codifying Roe v. Wade as defined by a later decision that affirmed its basic principles.

“It should be the law,” Biden said, according to Politico.

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The comments come as GOP-led state legislatures throughout the country pass bills design to further restrict access to abortions. They also come as Biden faces scrutiny over his positions on abortion.

Biden earlier this month reversed his stance on the Hyde Amendment, which bars Medicaid, Medicare and other federal health programs from paying for abortions, after facing heat from Democrats.

Biden at the time cited recently passed abortion restrictions as the reason why he no longer supported the legislation.

A moderator on Saturday brought up Biden's record on abortion rights during the forum, saying that "some voters" may have "concerns about your overall support for sexual and reproductive health, just given your mixed record.”

“First of all, I’m not sure about the 'mixed record' part,” Biden responded, according to Politico.

He later said that as president he'd work to undo "all the changes" that President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE made to federal family planning programs, the news outlet noted.

“What we should be doing is investing a great deal more money in the entirety of how we deal with women’s health care and making it available across the spectrum,” he added.

Abortion has emerged as an increasingly important topic in the Democratic Party. Many presidential candidates have condemned the legislation passed in some states.

Governors in Louisiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio and Mississippi have signed into law versions of a bill that bars women from receiving the procedure after a fetal heartbeat is detected.