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Key Votes

Date	No.	Title	Status
7/31/12	HR 3803	District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act	Bill Failed - House (220 - 154)
5/31/12	HR 3541	Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012	Bill Failed - House (246 - 168)
10/13/11	HR 358	Amends Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Prohibit Abortion Coverage	Bill Passed - House (251 - 172)
5/04/11	HR 3	Prohibiting Taxpayer Funding of Abortion	Bill Passed - House (251 - 175)
2/18/11	H Amdt 95	Prohibiting Use of Federal Funds For Planned Parenthood	Amendment Adopted - House (240 - 185)

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Public Statements

Date	Title	Speaker	Location
5/24/13	Remarks by the President at the United States Naval Academy ...	Pres. Barack Hussein Obama II	Annapolis, MD
5/23/13	Chairwoman Mikulski Announces Agreement Among DoD, VA, IRS, SSA to ...	Eric Ken Shinseki	Washington, DC
5/23/13	Chairwoman Mikulski Announces Agreement Among DoD, VA, IRS, SSA to ...	Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel	Washington, DC
5/23/13	Hearing of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, ...	Thomas James 'Tom' Vilsack	Washington, DC
5/23/13	Remarks of President Barack Obama [National Defense University - As ...	Pres. Barack Hussein Obama II	Washington, DC

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Ratings

Year(s)	Name
2013	Planned Parenthood - Positions (Feb 26, 2013
2011-2012	National Right to Life Committee - Positions
2012	Susan B. Anthony List - Presidential Candidates
2012	American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU Liberty Watch: Report Card on Civil Liberties - Reproductive Choice
2012	American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU Liberty Watch: Report Card on Women's Issues - Abortion Rights

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Ballot Measures

Date	State	Title	Outcome
11/06/12	FL	Prohibition on Public Funding of Abortions/Construction of Rights	Failed
11/06/12	MT	Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 2011	Passed
11/08/11	MS	Definition of "Person"	Failed
11/02/10	CO	Application of the Term Person	Failed
8/24/10	AK	Abortion for Minor Requires Notice to or Consent from Parent ...	Passed

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