Today marks the 51st anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, guaranteeing a woman’s right to reproductive freedom. Ever since then, Mike Lawler and House Republicans have attempted to roll back these rights, clinging to their dangerous, delusional belief that their attacks on women’s reproductive freedoms are popular.
In the 118th Congress alone, Lawler’s majority has passed four anti-abortion bills:
H.R. 26 – Legislation targeting doctors who perform abortions
H.R. 6914 – Targeting college students’ right to essential health care
H.R. 6918 – Allowing federal funds to target women who seek essential health care and spread misinformation
H.R. 2670 – Tried to block reproductive health care access for members of the armed services
And introduced six additional anti-abortion bills, including two total national abortion bans:
H.R. 7 – Blocks funding for reproductive health care force millions of women off their private health care plans
H.R. 4368 – Attempted to pass a new nationwide restriction on the safe, legal abortion medication mifepristone
H.R. 4664 – Strips away abortion services from hundreds of thousands workers and would allow employers in DC to discriminate against women who seek reproductive care
H.R. 5894 – Defunds critical health care resources for women, targets doctors by restricting access to essential training, and allows providers to discriminate against patients based on their personal beliefs
In the Lower Hudson Valley on the campaign trail in 2022, Mike Lawler wrote an op-ed saying, “I do respect the will of the state’s voters” on abortion care. But, as the above votes prove in Congress, Lawler has repeatedly voted alongside his MAGA party bosses to backtrack on his campaign promise to protect abortion nationally.
Lawler also lied about abortion restrictions at an in-district event, denying that there are states which lack abortion exceptions for rape or incest – asking attendees to “show [him] the law.” To top it off, Lawler’s spokesperson blamed abortion rights advocates for trying to “distract voters.”
New polling recently found that abortion rights have historic levels of support with voters, including 66% of voters who oppose ongoing Republican efforts to pass a national abortion ban.
REMINDER: The Chair of the NRCC encouraged his vulnerable members – like Mike Lawler – to brag about their extreme anti-abortion positions on the campaign trail: “Republicans don’t have a policy problem. We have a branding problem.”
DCCC Spokesperson Ellie Dougherty:
“Instead of working to lower costs or addressing a single pressing issue for families in the Lower Hudson Valley, Mike Lawler voted to restrict women’s reproductive freedoms. He can’t hide the fact that he continues to support deeply unpopular attacks on New Yorkers’ rights, and Lawler will pay for his vote at the ballot box.”
