Dean Phillips's Congressional Scorecard by Reproductive Freedom for All

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Congressional Record on Reproductive Freedom

Dean Phillips

House Democrat

Dean Phillips

Minnesota MN-03

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2024 Score

Voting Record

  • 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
2024
Rescind Title IX Protections

A resolution to express Congressional disapproval of the final rule relating to Title IX. Final Passage. The measure would reverse the Biden administration rule protecting against sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the resolution.

 		nay
2024
Attack on Servicemembers’ Access to Abortion: Final Passage.

Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, H.R.8070. Final Passage. A bill to authorize funding for certain defense, military, and national security programs that bans payment or reimbursement for expenses related to abortion services.

(Some lawmakers who oppose reproductive freedom cast what appear to be votes in support of reproductive freedom; most observers recognize that those votes were cast for reasons unrelated to reproductive health.) A vote for reproductive freedom was against the bill.

 		nay
2024
Attack on Servicemembers’ Access to Abortion: Van Duyne Amendment

Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, H.R.8070. Van Duyne (R-TX) amendment to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from paying for or reimbursing expenses related to abortion services. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		nay
2024
Abortion Disinformation and Stigma

Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, H.R.6914. Final Passage. Hinson (R-IA) bill to spread disinformation around abortion and stigmatize students based on their pregnancy outcomes, while purporting to help pregnant and parenting students. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the bill.

 		—
2024
Funding for Anti-Abortion Centers

Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, H.R.6918. Final Passage. Fischbach (R-MN) bill to funnel Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding to anti-abortion centers—sometimes called crisis pregnancy centers—even if they do not meet the program’s stated purposes. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the bill.

 		—
2023
Penalizing FDA for Expanding Mifepristone Access 7

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024, H.R.4368. Good (R-VA) amendment to reduce to $1 the salary of the Director of the Office of Regulatory Policy at the FDA as part of ongoing attempts to limit access to mifepristone by targeting trained experts for their scientific and medical decision making. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		nay
2023
Penalizing FDA for Expanding Mifepristone Access 6

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024, H.R.4368. Good (R-VA) amendment to reduce to $1 the salary of the Director of the Office of Medical Policy at the FDA as part of ongoing attempts to limit access to mifepristone by targeting trained experts for their scientific and medical decision making. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		nay
2023
Penalizing FDA for Expanding Mifepristone Access 5

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Good (R-VA) amendment to reduce to $1 the salary of the Director of the Office of Compliance at the FDA as part of ongoing attempts to limit access to mifepristone by targeting trained experts for their scientific and medical decision making. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		nay
2023
Prohibiting Funding for the White House Gender Policy Council

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024, H.R.4664. Harshbarger (R-TN) amendment to eliminate funding for the White House Gender Policy Council which is charged with advancing gender equity and equality, including reproductive freedom. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		—
2023
Penalizing FDA for Expanding Mifepristone Access 4

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Good (R-VA) amendment to reduce to $1 the salary of the Director of New Drugs at the FDA as part of ongoing attempts to limit access to mifepristone by targeting trained experts for their scientific and medical decision making. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

nay
2023
Penalizing FDA for Expanding Mifepristone Access 3

Penalizing FDA for Expanding Mifepristone Access. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Good (R-VA) amendment to reduce to $1 the salary of the Director of the Division of Risk Management at the FDA as part of ongoing attempts to limit access to mifepristone by targeting trained experts for their scientific and medical decision making. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		nay
2023
Penalizing FDA for Expanding Mifepristone Access 2

Penalizing FDA for Expanding Mifepristone Access. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Good (R-VA) amendment to reduce to $1 the salary of the Director of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology at the FDA as part of ongoing attempts to limit access to mifepristone by targeting trained experts for their scientific and medical decision making. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		nay
2023
Penalizing FDA for Expanding Mifepristone Access 1

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Good (R-VA) amendment to reduce to $1 the salary of the Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA as part of ongoing attempts to limit access to mifepristone by targeting trained experts for their scientific and medical decision making. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		—
2023
Prohibiting Funding for the Office of Population Affairs

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. Miller (R-IL) amendment to eliminate funding for the Office of Population Affairs which administers critical reproductive health programs. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		—
2023
Resolution on Fake Health Centers

A resolution condemning violence against anti-abortion fake health centers and failing to recognize the real threats and attacks against reproductive health care providers and clinics, H.Con.Res.3.

nay
2023
Attack on Servicemembers’ Access to Abortion: Jackson Amendment

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, H.R.2670. Jackson (R-TX) amendment to repeal the Department of Defense leave and travel policy that eases the burden of the statutory restrictions that force servicemembers and dependents to travel to access reproductive health care, including abortion services. A vote for reproductive freedom was against the amendment.

 		nay
2023
Attack on Servicemembers’ Access to Abortion: Final Passage

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. Final Passage. A bill to authorize funding for certain defense, military, and national security programs which repeals the Department of Defense leave and travel policy that eases the burden of the statutory restrictions that force servicemembers and dependents to travel to access reproductive health care, including abortion services. (Some lawmakers who oppose reproductive freedom cast what appear to be votes in support of reproductive freedom; most observers recognize that those votes were cast for reasons unrelated to reproductive health.) A vote for reproductive freedom was against the bill.

 		nay
2023
Interference in Abortion Practice

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, H.R.26. Wagner (R-MO) bill to interfere with the medical practice of abortion care under the threat of severe penalties.

 		nay
2022
Right to Contraception Act

Final passage. A bill to protect both an individual’s right to use contraception and a health care provider’s right to provide contraceptives and related counseling. A pro-choice vote was in favor of the bill.

yea
2022
Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act

Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, H.R.8297. Final Passage. A bill to protect the rights of people who are blocked from accessing care in their state to travel to seek abortion care. A pro-choice vote was in favor of the bill.

 		yea
2022
Women’s Health Protection Act: Motion to End Debate

Women’s Health Protection Act, H.R.8296. 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. A pro-choice vote was in favor of the bill.

 		yea
2021
Veterans’ Access to Contraception

Veterans’ Access to Contraception. Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act, H.R.239. Final Passage. A bill to eliminate cost-sharing for veterans who access contraception through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 		yea
2021
Women’s Health Protection Act H.R.3755

Women’s Health Protection Act, H.R.3755. Final Passage. 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. A vote for reproductive freedom was in support of the bill.

 		yea
2021
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. Final Passage.

yea
2021
DC Statehood

Final Passage. A bill to admit Washington, DC as the 51st state.

 		yea
2021
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.17. Final passage.

yea
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