The responses below are from an aide to Mr. Sanders.

If you want to clarify or provide context for any of the above answers, please do so here.

Regarding the availability of new over-the-counter medication: Bernie is open to discussing ways to lower barriers of access for women to receive comprehensive reproductive care.

PP funding: Planned Parenthood has provided competent and compassionate care for over 100 years. More than one in five women will visit Planned Parenthood during their lifetime, and many in rural and underserved areas rely on Planned Parenthood for care. Bernie strongly supports Planned Parenthood. Under Medicare for All, the Hyde Amendment will be repealed and all reproductive and abortion services will be provided free at the point of service. In order to ensure everyone can receive the reproductive health care they need under Medicare for All, Bernie will increase funding for Planned Parenthood, Title X and other initiatives that protect women’s health, access to contraception, and the availability of a safe and legal abortion.

If you support additional policies that we didn’t mention, please describe them here.

Bernie believes abortion is a constitutional right, period. Under Medicare for All, the Hyde Amendment will be repealed and all reproductive and abortion services will be provided free at the point of service. Contraception will also be covered and free.

What policies, if any, would you enact through executive action?

As president, Bernie will use executive authority to undo all the damage Trump has done to women’s reproductive freedom. This includes but is not limited to:

Undoing the Trump administration’s rule which allows providers to refuse care to and discriminate against their patients seeking reproductive health care.

Reversing the Trump administration’s domestic gag rule, which is a disgraceful assault on women’s rights and an assault on millions of Americans’ ability to get the health care they need.

Reversing the Trump administration’s global gag rule.

Restoring U.N.F.P.A. funding.

No matter who the next president nominates, the current Supreme Court could overturn or weaken Roe v. Wade. If this happens and Democrats don’t have full control of Congress, what will you do?

The vast majority of Americans support Roe v. Wade. In the event the Supreme Court decides to deeply undermine its own legitimacy by overturning longstanding settled law, Bernie will use the full extent of his executive authority to protect a woman’s right to abortion. Further, we will build the grass-roots movement necessary to win back full control of Congress, and we will codify Roe v. Wade into law and pass Medicare for All, which will guarantee reproductive care, including abortions, free at the point of service. It is clear that the vast majority of Americans support passing Medicare for All, and we will work with the millions of people across America to ensure this legislation is passed.

Should there be restrictions on abortion after the point of viability (roughly 24 weeks)? If so, what restrictions?

Bernie believes that women should control their own bodies, period.

Do you believe that abortion should be “safe, legal and rare”? Why or why not?

Abortion should be safe, legal and accessible to every person who chooses it. This is a decision that should be made by women. Right now, women’s rights are under attack, including by fake health clinics funded by national right-wing groups, so our focus should be on protecting those rights.

Opponents of abortion have had some success in framing the public debate on their terms, most recently through the “infanticide” narrative. Beyond his or her policy agenda, should a president who supports abortion rights play a role in reframing the terms of the debate? If so, how?

Yes. Abortion is a constitutional right. Yet right now, women in America are facing a well-financed attack on their rights by far-right groups at the federal, state and local level. This is unacceptable, and these attacks don’t just hurt women, they hurt everyone. Bernie will work with grass-roots organizations to fight back against these attacks. And as president, Bernie will pass Medicare for All and guarantee comprehensive reproductive and abortion care to every person in this nation. We will repeal the Hyde Amendment, and we will fight the unprecedented attack against women’s rights that we are seeing today.

Should opponents of abortion rights be welcomed as members, or candidates, of the Democratic Party? Why or why not?

People are welcome to their personal views as long as they do not use the government to restrict the rights of others. The Democratic Party has a moral responsibility to protect a woman’s right to abortion. Furthermore, any person Bernie nominates to the Supreme Court must fundamentally understand the need to protect the rights of everyone, not just a select few. That means a promise to defend Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to an abortion.

What role should lawmakers’ personal views on abortion play in their policymaking?

None. A woman has a right to make decisions regarding her own body.

Is there anything else you want to say?

Despite major advances in civil and political rights, our country still has a long way to go in addressing the issues of gender inequality and reproductive freedom. Right now, extreme forces on the right are launching political attacks and passing draconian laws at both the state and national level with the goal of ending a woman’s right to choose. We must fight back together, and defend a woman’s right to control her own body.