Abortion and Reproductive Health
Abortion law
317 public statements from 2026 candidates · 4 related bills
§1The range of views
Why this matters: These laws decide what a pregnant woman's options are where she lives, and when doctors can be penalized for performing an abortion.
Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.
Whether abortion should be legal and up to what point in pregnancy, which each state has set for itself since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.1
- Legal only to save the pregnant woman's life
- Legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life
- Legal early in pregnancy only, up to a limit such as 6, 12 or 15 weeks
- Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health
- Legal at every stage, with no limit based on weeks of pregnancy
These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.
§2What candidates have said
Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Legal only to save the pregnant woman's life (4)
- Dean Ocean Abrams FL GovernorHis campaign website says he opposes abortion except when medically necessary to save the mother's life, and calls for funded support for mothers, including housing, child care and health care.2
- "Clay" Higgins LA-3His campaign website's 2016 Issues page says he is completely pro-life, and that if the mother's life is truly at risk, the choice should be legal and left up to the mother.3
- Ron Eller MS-2
- Bennie Foster MS-2His campaign website says he believes life begins at conception and does not support elective abortion, and that exceptions should be allowed to save the mother’s life and in cases of miscarriage.6
Legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life (4)
- Mike Cargile CA-35
- Mike Simpson ID-2His campaign website's Protecting Life page (dated September 2019) says he is pro-life and opposes abortion as a means of birth control, with exceptions in instances of rape, incest or if the life of the mother is in danger.9
- Niki Conforti IL-6Her campaign website says she is pro-life with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.10
- Justin Murphy NJ SenateHis campaign website says he is pro-life and believes life begins at conception, with exceptions for the life of the mother and for rape and incest.11
Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health (50)
- Richard Pan CA-6His campaign website says that in Congress he will work to codify Roe v. Wade.12
- Sam Liccardo CA-16His campaign website says Congress must bar states from restricting abortion before fetal viability and must make sure states cannot delay abortion care a doctor deems medically necessary to protect the life and health of the mother, regardless of viability.13
- Ro Khanna CA-17His campaign website says women should be free to make their own decisions about abortion and that the protections of Roe v. Wade should be written into federal law.14
- Jim Costa CA-21His campaign website says women rather than politicians should make their own health care decisions and that Roe v. Wade should be written into federal law.15
- John Hickenlooper CO SenateHis campaign website says he supports abortion rights and is working to restore Roe v. Wade.16
- Brittany Pettersen CO-7Her campaign website says she is pro-choice and, as a state senator, helped pass legislation to codify Roe v. Wade in Colorado.17
- Luke Bronin CT-1
- Rosa L. DeLauro CT-3Her campaign website says she defends a woman's right to choose and is leading the effort to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade.20
- Sarah McBride DE-ALHer campaign website says she cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act to write the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law.21
- Bale Dalton FL-7His campaign website says Florida's six-week abortion ban puts politicians between women and their doctors, and that he supports codifying Roe v. Wade so the decisions rest with patients.22
- Kimberly Overman FL-12Her campaign platform says she supports codifying Roe v. Wade and opposes waiting periods and parental notification requirements that it says create barriers to care.23
- David Jolly FL GovernorHis campaign website says that, without federal legislation restoring them, Florida should write the protections of Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood into state law. Its reproductive freedom page says that would mean replacing Florida's six-week ban with a state law allowing abortion until fetal viability, around 23 to 24 weeks.24,
25 - Keisha Lance Bottoms GA Governor
- Josh Turek IA SenateHis campaign website says he would make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again, and that he wrote and sponsored legislation to repeal Iowa's abortion ban.28
- Christina Bohannan IA-1Her campaign website says she will fight to put Roe v. Wade back into federal law and restore reproductive freedom.29
- Lindsay James IA-2Her campaign website says she wants to restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land and defend a woman's right to make her own medical decisions.30
- Donna Miller IL-2Her campaign website says that in Congress her focus will be to codify Roe v. Wade and ensure every woman can make her own health care decisions.31
- La Shawn K. Ford IL-7
- Melissa L. Bean IL-8Her campaign website says she is committed to codifying the rights and protections afforded under Roe v. Wade and to opposing any federal abortion ban.34
- Bill Foster IL-11His campaign website says he is committed to passing legislation to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade on a national scale.35
- Julie Fortier IL-12Her campaign website says she supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law to restore medical privacy and ensure access to safe, legal reproductive services nationwide.36
- Nikki Budzinski IL-13Her campaign website says she will fight to restore the protections granted under Roe v. Wade.37
- Eric Sorensen IL-17His campaign website says he supports codifying Roe v. Wade and permanently restoring a woman's right to choose into law.38
- Juliana Stratton IL SenateHer campaign website says she would restore the abortion protections of Roe v. Wade.39
- Frank J. Mrvan IN-1His campaign website says he supports the codification of Roe v. Wade.40
- Drew Cox IN-4His campaign website says he will fight to codify Roe v. Wade.41
- J.D. Ford IN-5His campaign platform says he would protect reproductive freedom by writing Roe v. Wade into federal law.42
- André Carson IN-7His campaign website says he supports preserving the constitutional right to abortion as protected by Roe v. Wade and opposes efforts to restrict access to abortion care.43
- Morgan McGarvey KY-3His campaign website says he will always fight for a woman's right to an abortion and will be a vote to put Roe v. Wade into federal law.44
- Zach Dembo KY-6His campaign website says a woman who wants an abortion in her first trimester should have that right, that abortions should be safe, legal and rare, and that he would be a vote to codify Roe v. Wade.45
- Lauren Jewett LA-1Her campaign website says she will cosponsor the Women's Health Protection Act, which it says protects a patient's right to make their own health decisions and codifies Roe v. Wade into federal law.46
- John Deaton MA SenateHis campaign website says he has supported writing the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law and supports late-term abortions in cases of fatal fetal anomalies and to protect the mother's life, which he believes should be rare.47
- Dan Koh MA-6His campaign website says he will support legislation that codifies the abortion protections once enforced by Roe v. Wade.48
- Dan Schwartz MD-1His campaign website says he would codify Roe v. Wade in federal law.49
- Sarah Elfreth MD-3Her campaign website says she is working to write into federal law the protections that Roe v. Wade once provided.50
- April McClain Delaney MD-6Her campaign website says she supports codifying Roe v. Wade into law.51
- Zebulon Featherly MI-1His campaign website says he supports allowing abortion through 24 weeks of pregnancy, with medical approval required after that, and says the limit may change as medical standards develop.52
- Lydia Christensen MI SenateHer campaign website says the decision to continue or end a pregnancy belongs to the pregnant person and that she would write the right to abortion up to viability into law.53
- Matt Little MN-2His campaign website says he backs reversing Dobbs and reinstating Roe nationwide, and making those rights usable in practice through accessible, affordable health care.54
- Ilhan Omar MN-5
- DeVelle L. Jackson MN-5It says he opposes total and near-total abortion bans, that government should not prohibit the decision before viability, and that once viability is reached government may take steps to protect potential life, while keeping exceptions for medical necessity involving the woman's life or health.57
- Sam Forstag MT-1His campaign website lists putting Roe v. Wade into law, directing more money to family planning providers, and reversing Medicaid cuts that restrict Medicaid's use with certain reproductive health care providers as ways to protect abortion access and reproductive health.58
- Deborah K. Ross NC-2Her campaign Women and Families page says women should decide for themselves about their own bodies and health care, and that she will keep fighting until the protections of Roe v. Wade are written into law.59
- Richard N. Ojeda II NC-9His campaign website's Ensuring Quality Healthcare page, under a heading on reproductive freedom, says he would codify Roe v. Wade and protect the right to choose.60
- Denise Powell NE-2Her campaign website says she has defended reproductive rights in Nebraska for a decade, including by pushing back on a proposed total abortion ban and collecting signatures for a ballot measure to protect access to care, and that she wants to restore Roe v. Wade as national law.61
- Mark Cohen NE-3His campaign website says he sees a constitutional right to privacy and considers the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade correct, and that he does not answer questions framed as pro-life or pro-choice.62
- Herb Conaway NJ-3
- Danielle Ford NV GovernorHer campaign website says she supports Nevada's current law protecting abortion access through 24 weeks, with later care when a doctor determines it is medically necessary to protect the patient's life or health, as well as access to contraception, miscarriage, fertility and emergency care.65
- Brian L Bengs SD SenateHis campaign website says he respects a woman's right to choose and supports restricting abortion after the point of viability, with exceptions for the life or health of the mother.66
- James Talarico TX Senate
Legal at every stage, with no limit based on weeks of pregnancy (1)
- Christopher Campbell KY SenateHis campaign website says every person has complete control over their own body, that this does not change when a woman becomes pregnant, and that he considers it a right protected by the Constitution.69
Statements that don't match one option (258)
- Bill Hill AK-ALHis campaign website says he supports a woman's right to choose and to make her own health care decisions, and says the government does not belong in the doctor's office.70
- Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins AK GovernorHis campaign website says he would defend Alaska women's right to an abortion.71
- Jerry Carl AL-1
- Shomari C. Figures AL-2His campaign website says he has defended reproductive rights and patients' ability to make their own medical decisions.74
- Rhett Marques AL-2His campaign website says he opposes abortion and that he voted for an abortion law it describes as the strongest in the country.75
- Mike Rogers AL-3His campaign website quotes his 2026 reelection announcement, which lists opposing abortion among the goals he says must be completed over the next two years.76
- Robert B. Aderholt AL-4His campaign website says he opposes abortion, has worked to promote alternatives to it, and will not stop until abortion no longer takes place in the country.77
- Dale W. Strong AL-5His campaign website says he opposes abortion.78
- Maurice Mercer AL-6His campaign website says he supports a woman's right to make her own health care decisions, and also wants more support for families, adoption, foster care and people with disabilities.79
- Gary Palmer AL-6His campaign website says every human life is worthy of protection and that he has supported legislation restricting abortion and protecting infants who survive abortion procedures.80
- Tommy Tuberville AL GovernorHis campaign website says he believes every life is sacred and that as governor he would continue to fight for the unborn.81
- French Hill AR-2His campaign website says he opposes abortion.82
- Robb Ryerse AR-3
- Scott Wiener CA-11His campaign website says he would oppose all federal abortion restrictions, including limits based on weeks of pregnancy, mandatory waiting periods, required counseling and parental consent laws.85
- Jimmy Panetta CA-19
- Angélica María Dueñas CA-29Her campaign website says she would ensure access to abortion and reproductive health care without government interference.88
- Stephanie M. Vargas CA-33Her campaign website says she will fight to protect unborn children.89
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove CA-37Her campaign website lists reproductive justice among her priorities and says that in the State Assembly she worked to remove cost as a barrier to abortion and is committed to securing access to abortion care and birth control.90
- Brian Burley CA-42A platform document on his campaign website says he supports defending the right to life, which it calls the country's biggest human rights issue.91
- Nanette Diaz Barragan CA-44Her campaign website's 2016 Issues page says a woman's right to choose must be defended.92
- Derek Tran CA-45His campaign website says he is 100% pro-choice and has fought to defend women's health and rights in Congress since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.93
- Dave Min CA-47His campaign website says there should be no compromises on women's access to abortion and contraception, and that women, not politicians, should decide whether to have an abortion.94
- Shimon Blau CO-1His campaign website says he supports a woman's right to make her own health care decisions and does not believe government should interfere in women's health care.95
- Gaylon Kent CO-2His campaign website says the government must stay out of the abortion debate.96
- Clifton Brown CO-3His campaign website says he would not interfere with a woman's right to decide about abortion, and that his approach is to help parents with the difficulties and high cost of raising children.97
- Lauren Boebert CO-4
- Jeff Crank CO-5His campaign website describes him as a pro-life advocate.100
- Christopher Mitchell CO-5His campaign website lists the sanctity of life from conception to natural death among its principles.101
- Jason Crow CO-6His campaign website says he will always fight to protect a woman's right to choose.102
- Manny Rutinel CO-8His campaign website says the government should respect people's freedom to make their own decisions about abortion without interference from politicians, and lists among his accomplishments his cosponsorship of a Colorado law shielding abortion providers from out-of-state prosecution.103
- Phil Weiser CO GovernorHis campaign website says he would defend reproductive rights, including the state's Amendment 79 and its laws protecting abortion rights.104
- Greg Lopez CO GovernorHis campaign website says every human life has value and that he will support policies that protect life while also supporting mothers, families and adoption services.105
- Ned Lamont CT GovernorHis campaign website says he would protect reproductive freedom and abortion access, and that he has signed legislation protecting them.106
- George Patrick Austin CT-2His campaign website's Spanish-language page says he will oppose abortion.107
- Angie Nixon FL Senate specialHer campaign website says she supports protecting the right to abortion from political interference.108
- Austin Rogers FL-2His campaign website says he opposes abortion from conception on and will support anti-abortion policies.109
- Kat Cammack FL-3Her campaign website says she opposes abortion, has repeatedly been a lead sponsor of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and co-chairs the House Pro-Life Caucus.110
- Mike Sell FL-4
- Randy Fine FL-6His campaign website lists opposing abortion, which it describes as defending the right to life, among his priorities.113
- Eric Yonce FL-6His campaign website says he would protect reproductive freedom and medical privacy and keep health care decisions between patients and their providers.114
- Ryan Elijah FL-7His campaign website says he is pro-life and believes every life is a sacred gift from God.115
- Darren Soto FL-9A 2018 Spanish-language page still on his campaign website says women have the right to control their own bodies and that reproductive health care decisions belong to a woman and her doctor, and says he led the Florida Senate fight against a 24-hour abortion waiting period bill, and that the Florida Supreme Court later suspended the law after an ACLU lawsuit built on his arguments.116
- Ralph Groves FL-11
- Mike Beltran FL-14His campaign website says the policies states adopt should carve out exceptions for rape, incest and the mother's life.119
- Mark Davis FL-16His policy platform says medical choices should rest on science and be made by the patient together with the doctor, with politicians kept out of the exam room.120
- Greg Steube FL-17His campaign website says he remains an advocate against abortion.121
- Matthew Montavon FL-17His campaign website, in a section on guaranteeing reproductive freedom, says reproductive health decisions belong to patients and their medical providers, that both state lawmakers and Supreme Court rulings have weakened that principle, and that government should not interfere; the same section names abortion among the services Congress should make accessible and affordable.122
- Michael J. Quirk FL-17His campaign website says he personally opposes abortion but that the decision belongs between a woman and her doctor, and that he will not legislate against anyone's reproductive choices.123
- Scott Franklin FL-18His campaign website says he opposes abortion and that he supported the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which it says requires that infants born alive get the same care as any other child.124
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz FL-20Her campaign website says she has spent her career fighting to defend reproductive freedom.125
- Brian Mast FL-21His campaign website says he opposes abortion and that he has supported anti-abortion legislation and legislation to increase protections for infants born alive after a failed abortion procedure.126
- Pia Dandiya FL-22
- Lois Frankel FL-23Her campaign website says she has supported women's right to an abortion, birth control and all reproductive health care throughout her life, and that government officials should not be involved.129
- Jared Moskowitz FL-25His campaign website says a woman and her doctor should make decisions about her health, and that he opposes Florida's abortion ban and will defend reproductive freedom.130
- Nicole Locklin FL-26Her campaign website says choices about a person's body should be made by that person and their doctor, not by politicians.131
- Phil "Felipe" Ehr FL-28His campaign website lists among his priorities restoring women’s reproductive rights by eliminating government overreach.132
- Charles Burkett FL GovernorThe positions website his campaign names says a woman should have the right to end a pregnancy at any point up to birth, but that doctors would be legally bound to take all reasonable steps to preserve the life of the mother first and then the unborn child, an approach it calls a pro-choice and pro-life hybrid.133
- Jeffrey Peter "Dr. Jeff" Datto FL GovernorHis campaign website says he stands for life from conception and that his support for banning abortion depends on Florida leading in research, treatment and support for children born with neurological conditions and their families.134
- James "Jim" Kingston GA-1His campaign website says he is pro-life and that this includes banning late-term abortions, ending taxpayer funding for abortion providers, and promoting adoption and support for expectant mothers.135
- Amanda Hollowell GA-1Her campaign website says she will fight for reproductive freedom.136
- Matt Day GA-2
- Nikema Williams GA-5Her campaign website says reproductive rights are human rights and that reproductive health care has always been a priority for her.139
- Austin Scott GA-8His official House website says he is pro-life and believes life begins at conception, and lists among the bills he has voted for or co-sponsored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a 20-week abortion ban, and the Life at Conception Act.140
- Andrew Clyde GA-9His campaign website says he is pro-life and believes life begins at conception and ends at natural death.141
- Caitlyn Gegen GA-9Her campaign website says every woman should have the right to her own body and should not have to travel out of state to get the care she needs.142
- Houston Gaines GA-10His campaign website says he is pro-life and voted for Georgia’s Heartbeat Bill.143
- Chris Harden GA-11His campaign website says he believes reproductive freedom is a fundamental right, including access to abortion care, and that these decisions should remain between a patient and their doctor, not politicians.144
- Ceretta Smith GA-12Her campaign website lists defending civil, human and reproductive rights among her priorities.145
- Shawn Harris GA-14His campaign website says abortion care is a health care issue and that the decision belongs between a woman and her doctor.146
- Jill N. Tokuda HI-2Her campaign website says reproductive decisions should remain in the hands of women, not politicians, and that she cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act, which it says would codify the right to abortion care.147
- Joe Mitchell IA-2His campaign website's home page says he will protect the right to life.148
- Zach Nunn IA-3His campaign website says he is a pro-life leader committed to fighting for the unborn.149
- Sarah Trone Garriott IA-3Her campaign website says she will work to restore nationwide protections for abortion access and that politicians should not interfere with medical decisions made between patients, doctors and family.150
- Chris McGowan IA-4His campaign website says he is committed to advancing freedom at home and abroad, including defending life from conception to natural death.151
- Zach Lahn IA Governor
- Todd Achilles ID SenateHis campaign website says he supports Idaho's Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act ballot initiative and would align his Senate work with its outcome.154
- Matt Loesby ID SenateHis campaign website says he believes abortion is homicide.155
- Kaylee Peterson ID-1Her campaign website says lawmakers should step out of the exam room and listen to women, families and health care professionals, and that personal faith cannot be legislated.156
- Russ Fulcher ID-1His campaign website says he is pro-life and believes life begins at conception.157
- Will Johanson ID-2His campaign website's issues page says abortion is not an issue he wants to pursue.158
- Pro-Life ID GovernorHis campaign website says abortion should be treated as murder, that legal personhood begins at fertilization, and that as governor he would order abortion facilities to stay closed.159
- Terri Pickens ID GovernorHer campaign website says decisions about fertility treatment, contraception and abortion belong to women rather than the state, and calls for reversing Idaho's current laws on the issue.160
- Paul Sand ID GovernorHis campaign website says he is strongly opposed to abortion.161
- Brad Little ID GovernorHis campaign website says he promotes pro-life policies.162
- Christian Maxwell IL-1Her issues page lists pro-life and pro-mother support among her priorities and says policy should protect life.163
- Delia Ramirez IL-3Her campaign website says she is an uncompromising supporter of reproductive rights and has consistently fought to protect the right to choose.164
- Chris Getty IL-4His campaign website says he believes abortion should remain legal and opposes a nationwide abortion ban.165
- Mike Quigley IL-5
- Tommy Hanson IL-5His campaign website says he is pro-life.169
- Sean Casten IL-6His campaign website says he is 100 percent pro-choice and believes every woman has the right to make her own health care decisions.170
- Chad Koppie IL-7His campaign website describes him as a fighter for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and for the American Dream for all Americans, including those in the womb.171
- Daniel Biss IL-9
- Brad Schneider IL-10His campaign website says he is 100 percent pro-choice and believes in a woman's right to make her own decisions about her body and health, free from government intrusion, including access to safe, legal abortion.174
- Mike Bost IL-12His campaign website says he is pro-life and believes that life begins at conception.175
- Lauren Underwood IL-14Her campaign website says she supports women's rights to the full range of reproductive health services without restrictions, including access to safe, legal and affordable abortions.176
- James T. "Jim" Marter IL-14His campaign website says he is pro-life and that life in the womb should be protected.177
- Mary E. Miller IL-15Her campaign website lists the Right to Life among the conservative, constitutional principles she fights for.178
- Darin LaHood IL-16His campaign website says he is pro-life.179
- Whitfield Harrington Jr IL SenateHis campaign website says he is pro-life, believes life begins at conception and that the law should protect unborn life in all circumstances, and calls for more support for pregnant women and mothers.180
- JB Pritzker IL GovernorHis campaign website says he wrote abortion rights into state law to protect women's right to make their own health care decisions, and lists expanding the availability of abortion care, and founding Think Big America, a group working to expand abortion rights that supported successful ballot measures in seven states, among his accomplishments.181,
182, 183 - Marlin A. Stutzman IN-3His campaign website describes the multiple state and federal bills he has authored as aimed at protecting the unborn, and says that after Roe v. Wade was overturned there is still work to do at both levels.184
- Jefferson Shreve IN-6His campaign website says he is pro-life, believes every life has dignity, opposes abortion and will support expectant mothers.185
- Brad A. Meyer IN-9His campaign website says, under reproductive rights, that he trusts women and their doctors, not politicians, to make deeply personal medical decisions.186
- Tonya L. Hudson IN-9Her campaign website's biography says she is pro-life.187
- Erin Houchin IN-9Her campaign website says she is pro-life and has consistently advocated for prohibiting late-term abortions and for resources and care for mothers in need.188
- Adam Hamilton KS SenateHis campaign website says he would protect a woman's right to choose and prevent further government involvement in personal decisions.189
- David C Graham KS SenateHis campaign website says he opposes abortion without qualification and would vote for laws restricting it.190
- Tracey Mann KS-1His campaign website says he believes life begins at conception, opposes abortion and will be unwavering in supporting anti-abortion legislation.191
- Sharice L. Davids KS-3Her campaign website says she believes in protecting access to reproductive health care, including the right to safe and legal abortion.192
- Ron Estes KS-4His campaign website says he is pro-life, believes every human being has an inalienable right to life, and has introduced legislation on abortion in cases of a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis.193
- Drew Cranmer KS-4His campaign website says he is pro-life and believes human life begins at conception.194
- Charles Booker KY SenateHis campaign website says decisions about pregnancy, contraception, IVF and miscarriage care belong to women, their families and their doctors, not Washington, and that he will respect Kentucky voters' rejection of a constitutional amendment in 2022.195
- S. Brett Guthrie KY-2His campaign website says he is 100% pro-life.196
- Megan Wingfield KY-2Her campaign website says she will protect reproductive freedom and the right to choose.197
- Maria Teresa Rodriguez KY-3Her campaign website's Where I Stand card says every life is precious, that she opposes abortion and that she stands for the sanctity of life.198
- Ed Gallrein KY-4His campaign website says he is pro-life.199
- Jeremy Todd KY-4His campaign website says he is pro-life and believes human life has inherent value and deserves protection.200
- Steve Scalise LA-1His campaign website says he believes in standing up for pro-life values.201
- Lisa Ballay LA-2Her campaign website says she is not pro-abortion, does not believe abortion should be treated as contraception and opposes elective late-term abortion, supports exceptions for rape, incest and threats to the mother's life or health, and believes reproductive medical decisions belong to a woman in consultation with her physician.202
- Troy A. Carter Sr. LA-2His campaign website says he will champion government allowing women to make all of the decisions concerning their health and reproductive rights.203
- "Matt" Gromlich LA-4His campaign website, answering a question about reproductive rights, says medical decisions should be made by individuals with their doctors rather than politicians, including decisions about pregnancy, reproductive health care and family planning, and that better preventive care, maternal health services and family support could lessen the need for difficult decisions.204
- Misti Cordell LA-5
- Michael Echols LA-5His campaign website says he is pro-life and will stand up for the unborn and support policies that defend the sanctity of life.207
- "Gabe" Firment LA-5His campaign website describes him as pro-life.208
- Monique Appeaning LA-6Her campaign website describes her as pro-life.209
- "Rick" Edmonds LA-6His campaign website lists defending life, faith and family values among the things he will do in Congress.210
- Michael Mebruer LA-6His campaign website says human life begins at conception and that he supports policies that protect the unborn alongside policies that support mothers, children and families.211
- Blake Miguez LA-6His campaign website says he is pro-life.212
- Stephen Wagley LA-6His campaign website says life begins at conception and that he has a duty to protect the unborn.213
- Lori Loureiro Trahan MA-3Her campaign website says she will defend access to reproductive health care and work to ensure every woman has access to it, and a Fighting for Women page that appears only in its site map says she will protect a woman's right to choose and lists protecting access to abortion and contraception among her policy priorities.214,
215 - George E. McDermott MD-4A 2018 candidate survey posted on his campaign website says he believes in a woman's choice but that there must be limits.216
- Adrian Boafo MD-5His campaign website says he would defend reproductive freedom and protect a woman's right to choose.217
- Scott M. Collier MD-7The same answer on his campaign website says he believes life starts at conception.218
- Jamie Raskin MD-8His campaign website says he defended reproductive freedom as chair of a House oversight subcommittee, and that when he ran to be Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee he said he would lead Democrats in resisting attacks on women's reproductive freedoms.219
- Nancy Wallace MD-8Her campaign website says she unequivocally supports a woman's right to reproductive choice, with safe, legal abortion procedures available on demand.220
- Chellie Pingree ME-1Her campaign website says she is fighting to protect reproductive freedom.221
- Matthew G. Dunlap ME-2His campaign website says the choice to end a pregnancy is the woman's to make, and that no one should be able to decide her health choices for her ahead of time.222
- Rick Bennett ME GovernorHis campaign website says he cosponsored the law that wrote Roe v. Wade into Maine law more than 30 years ago and that he believes women should be free to make their own health care decisions.223
- Hannah M. Pingree ME GovernorHer campaign website says that early in her career she introduced legislation to ensure reproductive access and defend abortion as a human right.224
- Jack Bergman MI-1His campaign website calls him pro-life, and its issues page says Congress has a responsibility to protect the right to life, including for the unborn. It lists among his actions voting in 2025 for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which it says requires appropriate medical care for children born alive after an attempted abortion, and supporting protections for health care professionals who object to taking part in abortion.225,
226 - Doc Kovaly MI-1His campaign website says he wants to end abortion, describes his work as defending children in the womb, and calls on readers to say no to late-term abortion in Michigan.227
- LaVeta Davenport MI-1
- John Moolenaar MI-2His campaign website's pro-life page says he believes life begins at conception and that human life must be protected, and it cites a 100 percent voting record with Michigan Right to Life. The page also says he supports protections for babies born alive, pregnancy resource centers, and adoption and foster care programs, and his home page says he will protect the unborn.230,
231 - Hillary Scholten MI-3Her campaign website says decisions about becoming a mother and about handling a complicated or life-threatening pregnancy belong to women and not politicians, and that she will always protect a woman's right to choose.232
- Sean McCann MI-4His campaign website says decisions about starting or growing a family belong to a woman, her family and her doctor rather than to politicians, and lists among his accomplishments a Michigan Senate vote to repeal the state's 1931 abortion ban and service on the board of Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan.233
- Tim Walberg MI-5His campaign website says he believes wholeheartedly in the sanctity of life.234
- Heather Smiley MI-6Her campaign website says its health priorities include protecting life in the womb, as well as the lives of people with special needs and the elderly.235
- William Lawrence MI-7His campaign website says he will defend women's right to choose an abortion and calls reproductive health care a deeply personal decision for each family.236
- Tom Barrett MI-7His campaign website describes him as a consistent pro-life state legislator.237
- Lisa McClain MI-9Her campaign website says she is 100% pro-life, believes life begins at conception, and says the right to life of the unborn is fundamental and may not be infringed.238
- Jeremy Moss MI-11His campaign website says he will vote every time to protect access to abortion care, and lists among his accomplishments championing the ballot proposal that restored abortion rights in Michigan’s constitution and passing the Reproductive Health Act into law.239
- Rashida Tlaib MI-12Her campaign website says she will continue fighting for the right to access abortion care.240
- James D. Hooper MI-12
- Marc Joseph Sosnowski MI-12His campaign website says that to end abortion, its victims must be shown, and it features a television ad calling on Michigan voters to say no to late-term abortion.243
- Chris Dardzinski MI-13His campaign website says he is pro-life and does not tell others how to decide for their families, and that he does not believe governments or public officials have much power to decrease abortion, calling it an issue handled within families, communities and churches.244
- Kelly Morrison MN-3
- Doug Chapin MN-6It says he supports full reproductive rights and that decisions about reproductive health care belong to a woman and her providers.247
- Michelle Fischbach MN-7
- Erik Osberg MN-7It says he opposes abortion bans that lack exceptions for rape, incest or the mother's health, and that the choice to continue or end a pregnancy belongs to a woman together with her doctor.250
- Pete Stauber MN-8It says he will always stand for the unborn.251
- Amy Klobuchar MN GovernorHer campaign website says she will protect the reproductive rights written into Minnesota law by the PRO Act.252
- Wesley Bell MO-1His campaign website says whether to have an abortion is a decision for a woman and her doctor rather than government officials, and that as a prosecutor he pledged not to prosecute people who seek or provide abortions.253
- Tom Schmitz MO-1His campaign website says he believes free-market medical technology could make abortion obsolete by allowing a fetus to be moved at any point after conception to another woman's womb or an artificial womb and placed for adoption, and that a free society offers the best chance of reducing abortions. Its home page says Libertarians want as little government force as possible, ideally none, on this issue.254,
255 - Ann Wagner MO-2Her campaign website lists her work to defend the right to life and says she introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which it says is meant to make sure babies who survive an abortion get medical care.256
- Bob Onder MO-3His campaign website lists defending life among his priorities and says he is a co-chairman of the Pro-Life Caucus. It lists his work on the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act and the Dismemberment Abortion Ban in Congress, and on Missouri's 2017 abortion clinic standards law and 2019 heartbeat bill, whose trigger clause it says made Missouri the first state to protect all innocent human life.257
- Bethany E Mann MO-3Her campaign website says abortion is health care and that Missouri's trigger ban, which it says makes no exception for violence, pre-existing conditions or the mother's health, hurts families.258
- Mark Alford MO-4His campaign website says he is 100% pro-life and will always defend the right to life and the rights of the unborn.259
- Jordan Herrera MO-4His campaign website says he will always defend a woman's right to decide on her own medical care, abortion included, and that the choice belongs to the individual rather than the government.260
- Thomas Holbrook MO-4His campaign website says he prefers to leave medical decisions to patients and their doctors, and that government should not be relied on to resolve the abortion issue.261
- Rick Brattin MO-5
- Emanuel Cleaver, II MO-5His campaign website says he disagrees with the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and believes reproductive health care decisions should be between women and their doctors.264
- Chris Stigall MO-6His campaign website says he is proudly pro-life and supports policies that defend the unborn and support mothers and families.265
- Josh Smead MO-6His campaign website says everyone deserves sovereignty over their bodies and that the government needs to stay out of personal choices from abortion rights to gender and lifestyle choices, and lists stopping Amendment 3 in November because it says the amendment will prevent reproductive freedom.266,
267 - Missi Hesketh MO-7Her Healthcare page says she supports prohibiting government restrictions on providing and getting abortion services, including limits on prescribing certain drugs, offering services by telemedicine, or providing services immediately when a provider decides a delay risks the patient’s health.268
- Cindy Hyde-Smith MS SenateHer campaign website says she believes all children, including the unborn, have a right to life given by their Creator, and that she will vote to confirm judges she describes as pro-life.269
- Ty Pinkins MS SenateHis campaign website says decisions about contraception, prenatal care and, when necessary, abortion should be made by women rather than politicians, and that policies criminalizing reproductive health care put lives at risk.270
- Trent Kelly MS-1His official House website’s Life page says he believes the nation has a duty to protect the lives of the unborn.271
- Michael Guest MS-3His campaign website says he committed to the people of Mississippi to promote constitutional freedoms, among them the right to life of the unborn.272
- Mike Ezell MS-4
- Carl Boyanton MS-4His campaign website says he is a pro-life advocate who believes life begins at conception and that abortion should be legally barred apart from a small set of exceptional circumstances, which it names as risks to the mother’s health and well-being, rape and incest.275
- Brian J Miller MT-2His campaign website says that on abortion he will always side with trusting women and with securing their bodily autonomy.276
- Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2
- Michael Dublin NC SenateHis platform supports the right to choose whether and when to have children, including free, safe, legal and accessible abortion.279
- Eugene F. Douglass NC-2His campaign brochure says human life should be safeguarded from conception to natural death, proposes banning partial-birth abortions it calls unnecessary, and says states should be empowered to curb what it calls eugenics presented as choice.280
- Valerie P. Foushee NC-4Her campaign website lists protecting reproductive rights as a priority, and says that as a state senator she was a sponsor of legislation aimed at removing obstacles to abortion access in North Carolina.281
- Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar NC-4His campaign website lists the right to life and preventing abortion as a priority. It says his faith discourages abortion and that he personally does not support it, but that in cases such as rape, incest or a risk to the mother's life, he believes the decision should stay within the family, guided by medical professionals.282
- Virginia Foxx NC-5Her campaign website lists protecting the unborn and religious freedom as a priority. It says she belongs to the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and supports efforts to ban elective abortion on unborn children capable of feeling pain.283
- Chuck Hubbard NC-5His campaign website says he will protect women's right to choose and their access to reproductive health care, and that abortion is a matter for patients and their doctors with no role for government.284
- Addison McDowell NC-6His campaign website says he will vote 100 percent pro-life and champion pro-life legislation, and that he will also back pro-family policies meant to make child-bearing easier for women and families.285
- Cyril Jefferson NC-6A section of his campaign website on women's health care and reproductive rights says government should stay out of the doctor's office, that a person need not agree with abortion to accept that others have a right to choose their own health care, and that the country should invest in early childhood education and maternal health.286
- David Rouzer NC-7His campaign website's issues page says he is pro-life and will use every means available to him in Congress to advocate for the rights of the unborn.287
- Mark Harris NC-8His campaign website's Issues page says he believes in the sanctity of life, beginning at conception and lasting until natural death, and places him in the pro-life movement.288
- Richard Hudson NC-9His campaign website's Life page says he is pro-life and backs legislation to protect life beginning at conception and continuing until natural death. It also says he defends the ban on partial-birth abortions and championed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.289
- Steven Feldman NC-10His campaign website says he agrees with the pro-choice view that government should not force women to give birth in every situation and with the pro-life view that the fetus's rights must be weighed too. It says a balanced policy could make abortion illegal after a certain stage of pregnancy, with attention to the mother's health.290
- Ashley Bell NC-10
- Pat Harrigan NC-10His campaign website says he fights to protect the unborn as part of upholding conservative values.293
- Jack Codiga NC-12His platform page says life begins at conception and that the right to life is fundamental and should be protected by law in every state, with equal protection for the unborn.294
- Alma S. Adams NC-12Her campaign website says she supports a woman's right to choose, along with the right to privacy, describes reproductive issues as health care matters for a woman and her doctor to handle privately, and says she will keep working to restore women's rights after the Supreme Court struck down Roe.295,
296 - Paul Barringer NC-13His priorities page, in a section on reproductive health and freedom, says he wants to make sure no woman feels abortion is her only option, and says the law should not obstruct a woman's health care choices made with her doctor.297
- Brad Knott NC-13His campaign website says he is pro-life, supports state laws protecting the unborn, opposes legalizing abortion up to the moment of birth, and will fight to protect faith-based crisis pregnancy centers.298
- Lakesha Womack NC-14Her priorities page lists protecting reproductive freedom among her health care commitments.299
- Julie Fedorchak ND-AL
- Trygve Hammer ND-ALHis campaign website says he is running because North Dakota should elect a House member who is pro-worker, pro-choice and pro-democracy.302
- Helene Neville ND-ALHer campaign website says she advocates protecting reproductive freedom, including the right of people to decide about their own bodies and medical care, and that the government should not come between a patient and their doctor.303
- Dan Osborn NE SenateHis campaign website says he is personally pro-life but believes the government should not make health decisions for people, which belong to patients and their doctors.304
- Chris Backemeyer NE-1His campaign website lists protecting a woman's right to choose, in Nebraska and nationwide, among his health care priorities.305
- Adrian Smith NE-3
- Becky Kelly Stille NE-3
- Stefany Shaheen NH-1Her campaign website lists restoring and defending reproductive rights among her priorities and says she will fight for abortion access and reproductive rights.311
- Maggie Goodlander NH-2
- Lily Tang Williams NH-2Her campaign website has a page titled Promote Life that calls for supporting families, caring for the sick and elderly, working to reduce abortions, giving more support to pregnancy centers and women in crisis, and making adoption easier and less expensive.314
- Stephen Villee NH GovernorHis campaign website says he would veto any abortion ban that lacks an exception for rape, at least in the first trimester, and an exception at any time to protect the life of the mother.315
- Donald Norcross NJ-1
- Ramon Mora Jr. NJ-2The Healthcare Agenda page includes an item headed Pro-Choice and Pro-Life, in which he calls himself first and foremost pro-choice, says everyone should have full control over their own body, and says banning abortion does not reduce abortions. It also says he is pro-life in the sense of wanting more people to want children, which he says could come from addressing poverty and expanding financial support, and that a person's own choice about abortion should not be forced on others.318
- Ryan Michael Kelly NJ-3His campaign website says he supports strong federal protection of reproductive freedom, including access to abortion, and lists protecting reproductive freedom in federal law among his priorities.319
- Rachel Peace NJ-4Her campaign website says she supports the Women's Health Protection Act, and refers in the same passage to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.320
- Adam Rueda NJ-5His campaign website says he and others created a new political party, greenparty2.0, and describes the party as pro-choice and as defending women's right to women's health care.321
- Rebecca Bennett NJ-7Her freedoms priorities page lists, at the federal level, restoring the right to choose, and protecting reproductive rights and health for women in New Jersey.322
- Rob Menendez NJ-8
- Rosie Pino NJ-9Her campaign issues page says she is pro-life, wants abortion to be uncommon and limited, and would allow exceptions for rape, incest and threats to the mother's life. It also says she wants to work toward a society where women and families have enough support that abortion is not something they consider.325
- Terrisa Bukovinac NJ-9Her campaign website says she wants to end abortion and calls for a progressive pro-life revolution.326
- LaMonica R. McIver NJ-10Her campaign page on reproductive rights says state abortion bans endanger women's health and lives and keep doctors from giving the care they are trained to provide, and it opposes a nationwide abortion ban.327
- Analilia Mejia NJ-11Her campaign issues page says she will champion efforts to protect bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom.328
- Adam Hamawy NJ-12
- Andres Jinete NJ-12His campaign website lists, among its equity and opportunity goals, writing into law protections for bodily autonomy and abortion access.331
- Winston Jordan NJ-12His policy platform website lists guaranteeing abortion access and defending reproductive freedom in the district against federal rollbacks.332
- Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
- Teresa Leger Fernandez NM-3
- Deb Haaland NM GovernorHer healthcare plan says she would defend and expand access to abortion in New Mexico.338
- Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson NV-2Her campaign website lists protecting reproductive freedom through federal legislation among its health care positions.339
- Kathy C. Hochul NY GovernorHer campaign website says she protected abortion rights in New York.340
- Amy Acton OH GovernorHer campaign website says she would protect access to safe, legal abortion and fight attempts to undermine Issue 1, saying Ohio voters have made clear that they trust women to make their own decisions.341
- Greg Levy OH Senate specialHis campaign website calls for guaranteeing free abortion.342
- Kevin Hern OK SenateHis campaign website says he supports Oklahoma's laws restricting abortion, has cosponsored the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, and will advocate for federal policy to protect the unborn.343
- Mike Mazzei OK GovernorHis campaign website says life begins at conception and that he opposes abortion in all circumstances.344
- Cyndi Munson OK GovernorHer campaign website says health care decisions belong to families and their doctors, and that she would support a state question to overturn Oklahoma's abortion ban and write abortion access into the state constitution.345
- Ken Krawchuk PA GovernorHis campaign website proposes what it calls pre-natal adoption, under which a woman who does not want her pregnancy would first sign a legal document giving up the unborn child, and adoptive parents could ask, through her doctor, that she carry the pregnancy to term or long enough for a safe early delivery, with the decision remaining hers.346
- John Francis Reed RI SenateHis campaign website says he is working to protect and restore reproductive rights for all Americans.347
- Michael Anthony Bahry RI SenateHis campaign website says he is pro-life and supports St. Gabriel's Call and Rhode Island Right to Life, groups it says give mothers supplies, free ultrasounds and ongoing support.348
- Darline Graham SC SenateHer campaign website says she is pro-life and supports mothers, adoption and pregnancy resource centers.349
- Walid Hakim SC GovernorHis platform says he fully supports a woman's right to choose, including access to abortion.350
- Jermaine Johnson SC GovernorHis campaign website says he would protect women's reproductive rights and that he believes medical decisions are best left to families and their doctors.351
- Alan Wilson SC GovernorHis campaign website says he is firmly pro-life and will always support laws that defend the unborn.352
- Mike Rounds SD SenateHis campaign website says he is pro-life, and that as governor he signed a trigger law, in effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, that bans abortion in South Dakota except when the mother's life is at risk.353
- Bill Hagerty TN SenateHis campaign website says that as a senator he is working to protect the unborn.354
- Robert Jones TN SenateHis campaign website opposes a blanket abortion ban, saying it undermines a woman's freedom to protect her own life, and says doctors must be able to act in their patients' interest without fear of repercussions.355
- Marsha Blackburn TN GovernorHer campaign website says she is 100 percent pro-life and that as governor she will always be a voice for the voiceless.356
- Jerri Green TN GovernorHer platform calls for repealing Tennessee's near-total abortion ban, and says that on her first day she would sign an executive order so doctors can provide women's health care without fear of prosecution.357
- David Hatley TN GovernorHis campaign website says he is pro-life.358
- Lauren Pinkston TN GovernorHer campaign website supports repealing Tennessee's abortion ban and replacing it with a law that includes protections in cases such as lethal fetal anomalies, rape, incest and trafficking.359
- Ken Paxton TX SenateHis campaign website says that in the Senate he would stand with President Trump against abortion.360
- Greg Abbott TX GovernorHis campaign website lists laws limiting abortion among the legislative accomplishments of his time in office.361
- Pat Dixon TX GovernorHis campaign website says he personally opposes abortion but does not want politicians involved in difficult medical decisions made by patients and their doctors, and that he is unsure of the best policy in cases of rape and incest. It says he hopes abortions keep declining through persuasion and options such as adoption rather than police action.362
- Mark R. Warner VA SenateHis campaign website says he will work to pass the 2026 amendment to Virginia's constitution that would protect abortion access.363
- Amanda Janoo VT GovernorHer campaign website lists defending reproductive freedom among the freedoms she would protect.364
- Dean Roy VT GovernorHis campaign website says the right to abortion would be protected under his administration, as part of a promise of no new restrictions on personal freedoms.365
- Harriet Hageman WY SenateHer campaign website's issues page, written for her 2022 U.S. House campaign, says she opposes abortion and would strongly support laws to restrict it.366
- Eric Barlow WY GovernorHis campaign website describes him as firmly opposed to abortion, with a consistent legislative record of supporting abortion restrictions, and says he backs maternal health care and resources for women and children.367
§3Related bills
Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.
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