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Congressional Record on Reproductive Freedom

Senate Democrat

Ben Ray Luján

New Mexico

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Ben Ray Luján served in the U.S. House of Representative for NM-03 from 2009-2021, and in the U.S. Senate starting in 2021.

  • Positively impacts reproductive freedom
  • Negatively impacts reproductive freedom
Year Key Vote How They Voted
yea

Vote for/in favor of

nay

Vote against

—

Abstained, absent, ineligible, present, resigned or deceased

L

Leader switched vote to preserve right to file a motion to reconsider

S

The speaker exercised their discretion not to vote

 Their Vote Impact
2023
Rikelman Nomination

Vote to confirm Julie Rikelman, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. A vote for reproductive freedom was in favor of confirmation.

 		yea
2023
Abudu Nomination

Vote to confirm Nancy Abudu, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

yea
2023
Garcia Nomination

Vote to confirm Bradley Garcia, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

yea
2023
Rescind VA Abortion Rule: Motion to End Debate

A resolution to express congressional disapproval of the interim final rule relating to abortion care, S.J.Res.10. Motion to proceed to consideration of the resolution. This measure would reverse the Biden administration’s rule that allows access to abortion care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in certain cases and allows VA to provide comprehensive information on pregnancy options. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the motion to proceed.

 		nay
2023
Equality Under the Constitution: Motion to End Debate

A resolution to eliminate the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S Constitution, S.J.Res.4. Motion to invoke cloture (end debate) on the motion to proceed to S.J.Res.4. Three fifths of the Senate (60 votes) is required to invoke cloture on legislation.

yea
2022
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, H.R.2617. Cassidy (R-LA) amendment to include the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in the FY’23 omnibus. A bill to eliminate pregnancy discrimination and promote health and economic security by requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to working people for limitations arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.

yea
2022
Refusal to Comply for State Employers: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, H.R.2617. Braun (R-OK) second-degree amendment to Cassidy (R-LA) amendment to add an exemption that would allow state employers to deny reasonable accommodations to pregnant working people employed by the state.

nay
2022
Refusal to Comply for Religious Employers: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, H.R.2617. Lankford (R-OK) second-degree amendment to Cassidy (R-LA) amendment to add an exemption that would allow religious employers to deny reasonable accomomodations to pregnant working people.

nay
2022
Attack on Trans Pregnant People

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R.5376. Motion to commit the FY’22 budget reconciliation legislation. Motion to commit the FY’22 budget reconciliation legislation with instructions to add language that would exclude trans pregnant people from maternal and infant-related federal programs.

nay
2022
Women’s Health Protection Act: Motion to End Debate S.4132

Women’s Health Protection Act, S.4132. Motion to invoke cloture (end debate) on the motion to proceed to the Women’s Health Protection Act, a bill to protect the federal right to abortion and block the barrage of state bans and restrictions on abortion intended to impede or outright deny access. Three-fifths of the Senate (60 votes) is required to invoke cloture on legislation.

yea
2022
Reinstate Title X Restrictions

A resolution to express congressional disapproval of the final rule relating to compliance with Title X requirements, S.J.Res.41. Motion to proceed to consideration of the resolution. This measure reverses the Biden administration rule, which overturned the Trump administration’s domestic gag rule—an anti-choice policy undermining access to birth control and preventive care that forced comprehensive reproductive health care providers out of the Title X program.

 		nay
2022
Jackson Nomination: Confirmation

Vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the post of associate justice of the Supreme Court.

yea
2022
Jackson Nomination: Motion to End Debate

Motion to invoke cloture (end debate) on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the post of associate justice of the Supreme Court. A simple majority is required to invoke cloture on nominations.

yea
2022
Women’s Health Protection Act: Motion to End Debate H.R.3755

Women’s Health Protection Act, H.R.3755. Motion to invoke cloture (end debate) on the motion to proceed to the Women’s Health Protection Act, a bill to protect the federal right to abortion and block the barrage of state bans and restrictions on abortion intended to impede or outright deny access. Three-fifths of the Senate (60 votes) is required to invoke cloture on legislation. A vote for reproductive freedom was for cloture.

 		—
2021
Hyde and Weldon Expansion

FY’22 Senate Budget Resolution, S.Con.Res.14. Lankford (R-OK) amendment to provide non-binding budget reconciliation instructions expanding Abortion coverage bans (Hyde Amendment) and denials of healthcare (Weldon Amendment).

nay
2021
20-Week Abortion Ban

FY’22 Senate Budget Resolution, S.Con.Res.14. Kennedy (R-LA) amendment to provide non-binding budget reconciliation instructions banning abortion after 20 weeks nationwide.

nay
2021
Abortion Ban Based on the Reason for Seeking Care

FY’22 Senate Budget Resolution, S.Con.Res.14. Inhofe (R-OK) amendment to provide non-binding budget reconciliation instructions banning federal funding for abortion based on the reason a person is seeking care.

nay
2021
Lin Confirmation

Vote to confirm Tana Lin, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

yea
2021
Robinson Confirmation

Vote to confirm Beth Robinson, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

yea
2021
Ohta Confirmation

Vote to confirm Jinsook Ohta, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

yea
2021
Jackson Confirmation

Vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. A vote for reproductive freedom was in favor of confirmation.

 		yea
2021
Biomedical Research Restriction

Endless Frontier Act, S.1260. Lee (R-UT) amendment to impose restrictions on biomedical research using embryonic and fetal tissue. Three-fifths of the Senate (60 votes) is required to approve the amendment.

nay
2021
Beckering Confirmation

Vote to confirm Jane Beckering, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

 		yea
2021
Clarke Confirmation

Vote to confirm Kristen Clarke, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the post of assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.

 		yea
2021
Becerra Confirmation

Vote to confirm Xavier Becerra, a nominee with a positive record on reproductive freedom, to the post of secretary of Health and Human Services.

 		yea
2021
Hyde Expansion

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Motion to waive certain Senate rules that would advance the Lankford (R-OK) amendment to expand abortion coverage bans (Hyde Amendment).

Three-fifths of the Senate (60 votes) is required to advance an amendment using this procedural maneuver.

 		nay
2021
Denials of Care

FY’21 Senate Budget Resolution, S.Con.Res.5. Lee (R-UT) amendment to provide non-binding budget reconciliation instructions denying access to social services, healthcare, and employment under the guise of religious freedom.

nay
2021
Political Interference in Family Decisions

Motion to waive certain Senate rules that would advance the Sasse (R-NE) amendment to provide non-binding budget reconciliation instructions to interfere with the medical practice of abortion care under the threat of severe penalties. Three-fifths of the Senate (60 votes) is required to advance an amendment using this procedural maneuver.

 		nay
2020
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

A bill to eliminate pregnancy discrimination and promote health and economic security by requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to working people for limitations arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.

 		yea
2020
Refusal to Comply: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Motion to recommit the bill with instructions to add an exemption that would allow religious employers to deny reasonable accommodations to pregnant working people.

 		nay
2020
Condemning Forced Sterilization

A resolution condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent. This measure condemns the heinous acts of forced sterilization of immigrant women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

 		yea
2020
DC Statehood

A bill to admit Washington, D.C. as the 51st state.

 		yea
2020
Equality Under the Constitution

A joint resolution to eliminate the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S Constitution, H.J.Res.79.

yea
2019
Speier Family Planning Education in the Military Amendment

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, H.R.2500. Speier (D-CA) amendment to standardize family planning education programs across military service branches and provide access to copay-free birth control and emergency contraception.

*Final tally may include representatives of Washington D.C. and U.S. territories, whose votes are not dispositive of the final outcome, per House rules.

 		yea
2019
Enforcing the Refusal of Care Rule

Cole (R-OK) amendment to strike a provision in the appropriations bill that would have blocked the implementation and enforcement of the Trump administration's anti-choice rule that allows health care providers and others involved in patient care to put their personal beliefs above patients' health and safety. *Final tally may include representatives of Washington D.C. and U.S. territories, whose votes are not dispositive of the final outcome, per House rules.

 		nay
2019
Enforcing the “Domestic Gag Rule”

Roby (R-AL) amendment to strike a provision from the appropriations bill that would block the so-called "domestic gag rule" that prevents patients in the Title X program from accessing the full spectrum of care. *Final tally may include representatives of Washington D.C. and U.S. territories, whose votes are not dispositive of the final outcome, per House rules.

 		nay
2019
Attack on International Family Planning

Lesko (R-AZ) amendment to cut critical international family planning funding from the appropriations package.

*Final tally may include representatives of Washington D.C. and U.S. territories, whose votes are not dispositive of the final outcome, per House rules.

 		nay
2019
Biomedical Research

Pocan (D-WI) amendment to block the Trump administration's expanded restrictions on biomedical research using embryonic and fetal tissue. *Final tally may include representatives of Washington D.C. and U.S. territories, whose votes are not dispositive of the final outcome, per House rules.

 		yea
2018
Granting Legal Rights to a Pregnancy (“Personhood”)

The Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act, H.R.88. Final Passage. A bill to amend the tax code which would grant separate legal rights to a pregnancy, laying the legal groundwork to ban abortion outright.

(Some anti-choice lawmakers cast what appear to be pro-choice votes; most observers recognize that those votes were cast for reasons unrelated to reproductive rights.)

 		nay
2018
Granting Legal Rights to a Pregnancy (“Personhood”)

Family Savings Act of 2018, H.R.6757. Final Passage. A bill to amend the tax code which would grant separate legal rights to a pregnancy, laying the legal groundwork to ban abortion outright.

 		nay
2018
Interference in Abortion Practice

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, H.R.4712. Final Passage. Blackburn (R-TN) bill to interfere with the medical practice of abortion care under the threat of severe penalties.

 		nay
2017
Attack on the ACA – House Final Passage

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R.1. On agreeing to the conference report as amended by the Senate. Final passage. The conference report overhauls the tax system and eliminates the Affordable Care Act’s requirement for individuals to purchase health insurance. (Some anti-choice lawmakers cast what appear to be pro-choice votes; most observers recognize that those votes were cast for reasons unrelated to reproductive health.)

 		nay
2017
Granting Legal Rights to a Pregnancy (“Personhood”)

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R.1. Final Passage. A bill to overhaul the tax system which grants separate legal rights to a pregnancy, laying the legal groundwork to ban abortion outright. (Some anti-choice lawmakers cast what appear to be pro-choice votes; most observers recognize that those votes were cast for reasons unrelated to reproductive health.) Paul Ryan cast a Speaker vote.

 		nay
2017
20-Week Abortion Ban

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H.R.36. Final Passage. Franks (R-AZ) bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks nationwide.

 		nay
2017
20-Week Abortion Ban: Add Health Exception

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H.R.36. Motion to recommit the bill with instructions to add a health exception.

 		yea
2017
Attack on Family-Planning Funding, Planned Parenthood, and Abortion Coverage

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, H.R.3354 (omnibus appropriations bill). Final Passage.

Appropriations bill that defunds Planned Parenthood, eliminates funding entirely for critical family-planning services through Title X and international programs, and includes anti-choice policy riders such as restrictions on abortion care for women who obtain their healthcare coverage through the federal government, prohibitions on abortion coverage in the private market, a broad new refusal law, a ban on federal funding for fetal-tissue research, and codification of the global gag rule.

 		nay
2017
Anti-Choice Refusal: D.C. Reproductive-Health Non-Discrimination Law

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, H.R.3354 (omnibus appropriations bill). Palmer amendment to block a D.C. law that prohibits employers from taking adverse action against employees based on their reproductive-health decisions.

nay
2017
ACA Repeal and Attack on Planned Parenthood – Final Passage

American Health Care Act, H.R.1628. Final passage. A bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, restrict private insurance coverage of abortion care, and disqualify Planned Parenthood from participating in federal healthcare programs for one year.

(Some anti-choice lawmakers cast what appear to be pro-choice votes; most observers recognize that those votes were cast for reasons unrelated to reproductive health.)

 		nay
2017
Rescind Title X Protections – House Final Passage

A resolution to express congressional disapproval of the final rule relating to compliance with Title X requirements, H.J.Res.43. Final Passage. This measure would reverse the Obama administration rule prohibiting discrimination against healthcare providers in the Title X program.

 		nay
2017
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H.R.7. Final Passage. Smith (R-NJ) bill to effectively ban abortion coverage in the state health-insurance exchanges, penalize small businesses that purchase private health plans that include abortion coverage, mandate that health plans make biased, one-sided "disclosures" of abortion coverage, and reiterate and expand bans on public-insurance coverage of abortion.

 		nay
2016
Attack on Planned Parenthood: Special “Investigation” Committee Funding

H.Res.933. Final Passage. A resolution to allocate $800,000 in back-funding to the special committee investigating fetal-tissue donation and abortion practice.

 		nay
2016
Anti-Choice Refusal: Conscience Protection Act

S.304. Final passage. The bill would expand the Federal Refusal Clause by allowing individuals and healthcare companies to refuse to participate in, facilitate, or make arrangements for abortion services. It would also let individuals and organizations bring lawsuits for actual or threatened violations.

 		nay
2016
Anti-Choice Refusal: D.C. Reproductive-Health Non-Discrimination Law

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, H.R.5485. Palmer (R-AL) amendment to block a D.C. law that prohibits employers from taking adverse action against employees based on their reproductive-health decisions.

 		nay
2016
Federal Employees’ Health Insurance

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, H.R.5485. Grayson (D-FL) amendment to strike the current-law provision that prohibits federal employees and their dependents from choosing a health-insurance plan with abortion coverage through the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program.

yea
2016
Restriction on Contraception: Zika Response

Zika Response and Preparedness Act, H.R.2577. On agreeing to the conference report to accompany H.R.2577. Final passage. The conference report restricts access to contraception by excluding family-planning providers from Zika response funds.

nay
2016
Anti-Choice Refusal: Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, H.R.5055. Byrne (R-AL) amendment to add a sweeping refusal provision that would allow employers to discriminate against women and LGBT workers.

 		nay
2016
Attack on Planned Parenthood: Veto Override

To provide for reconciliation on the budget for fiscal year 2016, H.R.3762. Veto override. Vote to override President Obama’s January 8 veto of a bill that would disqualify Planned Parenthood from participating in federal health-care programs for one year.

(Some anti-choice lawmakers cast what appear to be pro-choice votes; most observers recognize that those votes were cast for reasons unrelated to reproductive health.) A two-thirds majority of those present and voting (285 votes needed to sustain the president’s veto in this case) of both houses is required to override a veto.

 		nay
2016
Attack on Planned Parenthood: One-Year Funding Ban

To provide for reconciliation on the budget for fiscal year 2016, H.R.3762. Final passage. The bill would disqualify Planned Parenthood from participating in federal healthcare programs for one year.

(Some anti-choice lawmakers cast what appear to be pro-choice votes; most observers recognize that those votes were cast for reasons unrelated to reproductive health.)

 		nay