Pro-choice scores for 2011 are based on the following votes.
Senate Votes
- Appropriations. FY’11 Continuing Resolution,
H.R.1. Final Passage. The bill
reinstated the D.C. abortion ban, eliminated
the Title X family-planning program,
defunded Planned Parenthood, reinstated
the global gag rule, and eliminated funding
for the United Nations Population
Fund. Rejected 44-56. A pro-choice vote
(+) was against final passage (3/9/11).
- Family-Planning Services. Enrollment
Resolution to FY’11 Continuing Resolution,
H.Con.Res.36. Proposal to disqualify Planned
Parenthood and its affiliates from receiving
funds appropriated by the bill. The proposal
would deny family-planning and basic
health-care services to millions of Americans.
Rejected 42-58. A pro-choice vote (+) was
against the enrollment resolution (4/14/11).
- Liu Nomination – Cloture. Motion to invoke cloture (end debate) on the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Three-fifths of the total Senate (60 votes) is required to invoke cloture. Cloture motion failed 52-43. A pro-choice vote (+) was in support of cloture (5/19/11).
House Votes
- Family-Planning Services. FY’11 Continuing
Resolution, H.R.1. Pence (R-IN)
amendment to disqualify Planned Parenthood
and its affiliates from receiving funds
appropriated by the bill. The proposal
would deny basic, preventive health-care
services, including birth control and cancer
screenings, to millions of Americans.
Passed 240-185. A pro-choice vote (+)
was against the amendment (2/18/11).
- Appropriations. FY’11 Continuing Resolution,
H.R.1. Final Passage. The bill
reinstated the D.C. abortion ban, eliminated
the Title X family-planning program,
defunded Planned Parenthood, reinstated
the global gag rule, and eliminated funding
for the United Nations Population
Fund. Passed 235-189. A pro-choice vote
(+) was against final passage (2/19/11).
- Family-Planning Services. Enrollment
Resolution to FY’11 Continuing Resolution,
H.Con.Res.36. Proposal to disqualify
Planned Parenthood and its affiliates from
receiving funds appropriated by the bill.
The proposal would deny family-planning
and basic health-care services to millions of
Americans. Passed 241-185. A pro-choice
vote (+) was against the enrollment resolution
(4/14/11).
- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.
H.R.3. Final Passage. Smith (R-NJ) bill to
ban effectively abortion coverage in state
health-insurance exchanges, penalize
small businesses and many individuals
who purchase private health plans that
include abortion coverage, and permanently
codify the Hyde amendment, D.C.
abortion ban, and other current-law bans.
The bill also could spur the Internal
Revenue Service to audit sexual-assault
survivors who seek abortion care. Passed
251-175. A pro-choice vote (+) was against
the bill (5/4/11).
- Abortion-Training Restriction. H.R.1216.
Foxx (R-NC) amendment to prohibit federal
funds from being used by teaching
health centers for training in abortion care.
Passed 234-182. A pro-choice vote (+) was
against the amendment (5/25/11).
- Medical-Abortion Funding Ban. FY’12
Agriculture appropriations bill, H.R.2112.
King (R-IA) amendment to bar the use of
federal funds for prescription or discussion
of medical abortion (RU 486). Telemedicine,
a small but growing system of phone, teleconferencing,
and Internet networks, helps
patients link remotely to health-care providers.
Passed 240-176. A pro-choice vote (+)
was against the amendment (6/16/11).
- Refusals for Emergency Abortion Care.
Protect Life Act, H.R.358. Capps (D-CA)
motion to send the bill back to committee
to fix a provision that allows hospitals
to refuse to provide emergency abortion
care, even when a woman’s life is in
danger. Rejected 173-249. A pro-choice
vote (+) was in support of the motion to
recommit (10/13/11).
- Protect Life Act. H.R.358. Final Passage. Pitts (R-PA) bill to ban effectively abortion coverage in state health-insurance exchanges. The bill also would allow hospitals to refuse to provide emergency abortion care, even when a woman’s life is in danger, and gives states the ability to undermine coverage of many health-related services, such as contraception. Passed 251-172. A pro-choice vote (+) was against the bill (10/13/11).
