NEW: Gabe Evans Sneaks Out of Committee To Avoid Voting on Women’s Health Care [NOTUS]

Evans “did not vote on the amendment — even though [he] had been present and voting during the rest of the hearing.”

New reporting from NOTUS reveals that despite being “present and voting during the rest of the [Energy & Commerce Committee] hearing,” Gabe Evans skipped out on an amendment vote that would have removed language from Republicans’ extreme budget proposal to defund Planned Parenthood and jeopardize Colorado women’s access to health care.

Playing hooky during markup votes is just the latest attempt by Evans to run away from his extreme anti-abortion record – whether it’s supporting banning abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest, praising the fall of Roe v. Wade, or voting against protecting Colorado health care providers who perform abortion care.

DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Gabe Evans can try to run, but he can’t hide from his anti-abortion record. Instead of protecting Colorado women’s health care, Evans consistently sides with anti-abortion extremists. Colorado women deserve a representative who will fight for their rights, not a coward who sneaks out the side door when Republicans are voting to defund Planned Parenthood.”

In case you missed it…

NOTUS: A Measure to Defund Planned Parenthood Will Stay in the Reconciliation Bill

• Republicans on a key House panel shot down a measure that would have taken language to “defund” Planned Parenthood out of the reconciliation bill, but the two most politically vulnerable GOP members on the committee missed the vote entirely.

• During the marathon markup in the Energy and Commerce Committee […] Nearly all committee Republicans voted against an amendment brought by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher to strike a measure in the bill that would prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds, even through Medicaid payments.

• During the 2024 campaign, Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Gabe Evans — like other Republicans at the time — avoided speaking about their stances on abortion. Neither lawmaker was in the room during the hour-and-a-half-long debate and did not vote on the amendment — even though they had been present and voting during the rest of the hearing.

• Evans, a freshman House Republican who said he opposes Roe v. Wade, said he forgot how he voted on a 2020 ballot initiative in Colorado that added a right to abortion in the state’s constitution.

• The offices of Miller-Meeks and Evans did not respond to NOTUS’ requests for comments as to why they missed this portion of the markup.

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