Josh Hawley (R): Ban. Called Roe v. Wade "one of the most unjust decisions" in U.S. judicial history.
Claire McCaskill (D): Legal. Supported bill to prevent abortion providers being singled out for medically unwarranted restrictions.
Q: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage from employees if disagree with it morally?
Josh Hawley (R): Yes. Was lawyer in Hobby Lobby case that gave businesses religious freedom rights to withhold this coverage.
Claire McCaskill (D): No. Says best way to reduce unintended pregnancies and abortions is by expanding access to birth control.
Q: Allow public funding of Planned Parenthood for non-abortion health services?
Josh Hawley (R): "No tax money of any kind."
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Taking away birth control will increase abortions.
Josh Hawley (R): Yes. Argued that its creation was unconstitutional.
Claire McCaskill (D): No, but voted to amend some of its banking rules.
Josh Hawley (R): Unknown.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Co-sponsored bill to restore rule requiring this.
Josh Hawley (R): "Inclined" to support medical marijuana in initiative.
Claire McCaskill (D): Supports medical marijuana, alternatives to prison for nonviolent drug offenders, "might support" recreational marijuana.
Josh Hawley (R): Unclear, but says universities waste billions of public funds and leave families with billions of debt, giving students "worthless degrees" and indoctrinating them in far-left thinking.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Co-sponsored Elizabeth Warren proposal to refinance student loans. Supports increasing Pell Grants.
Josh Hawley (R): No. Criticized Obama's "job-killing `climate agenda'" and "climate change crusade." Backed lawsuit against Obama Clean Power Plan.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes, but asked for more time for coal plants to implement Obama Clean Power Plan, while opposing its repeal. Opposed carbon tax but supports US participation in Paris Climate Accord.
Q: Support government subsidies for renewable energy?
Josh Hawley (R): Unknown.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Supports alternative energy subsidies, but also recognizes Missouri's dependence on coal and supported Keystone Pipeline.
Josh Hawley (R): Fought Obama EPA "overreach." Opposed EPA "Clean Power Plan."
Claire McCaskill (D): No, but opposed some EPA regulations affecting farmers.
Josh Hawley (R): No. Supports "the biblical truth about husband and wife, man and woman."
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes.
Josh Hawley (R): Supports approach but worried about farmers, so wants to see the deal.
Claire McCaskill (D): Opposes.
Josh Hawley (R): Unclear. Has said need ethics reform, but no stands requiring this.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Backed bills to require.
Q: Support Citizens United decision, allowing unlimited political donations from corporations and unions?
Josh Hawley (R): Unknown, although Citizens United PAC supported for Attorney General.
Claire McCaskill (D): No. Restore reasonable limits.
Q: Elections: Support nonpartisan "Clean Missouri" redistricting initiative to address partisan gerrymandering and limit gifts by lobbyists.
Josh Hawley (R): No current stand.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. "Couldn't be more enthusiastic"
Josh Hawley (R): Defended strict Missouri Voter ID Law, but may have just been in his role as Attorney General.
Claire McCaskill (D): Opposes.
Josh Hawley (R): Supports background checks, banning bump stocks, but not assault rifles.
Claire McCaskill (D): Yes. Supports Second Amendment, but supports background checks, closing gun show loophole, assault rifle ban.
Josh Hawley (R): Repeal & replace ACA, which "was never constitutional." Part of lawsuit to end required coverage of pre-existing conditions.
Claire McCaskill (D): Supports "improving" ACA. Offered Senate resolution to protect coverage of pre-existing conditions.
Josh Hawley (R): Opposes general path to citizenship. "Amnesty is not the answer." Supports Trump border wall. Position on DACA unclear. Criticized McCaskill for "giving illegal immigrants a free pass and allowing them to use children as a human shield."
Claire McCaskill (D): Voted for 2010 DREAM Act. Worked on bipartisan immigration proposal with path to citizenship for DACA kids combined with more border security. Opposes Trump's wall and family separations. Has opposed general path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Josh Hawley (R): Yes.
Claire McCaskill (D): No. Opposed MO ballot initiative.
Josh Hawley (R): Hasn't made up mind. "Worried it may actually result in lost jobs."
Claire McCaskill (D): Supports MO initiative to raise to $12/hour by 2023.
Josh Hawley (R): Unknown.
Claire McCaskill (D): Opposes privatization.
Josh Hawley (R): Unknown.
Claire McCaskill (D): Supports federal infrastructure investment.
Josh Hawley (R): Yes.
Claire McCaskill (D): Supported original treaty. "Concerned about what comes next" and effect on the relationship with allies.
McCaskill responded to the controversy over Hawley's comments on Twitter, and also took a jab at Hawley's background as a graduate from Stanford University and Yale Law School: "I didn't go to one of those fancy private schools, but the history I learned in public schools & Mizzou taught me that the evidence of trafficking of women for sex goes back to before 2000 BC. It didn't begin with women's rights and the birth control pill," McCaskill tweeted.
Hawley fired back at McCaskill on Twitter and reiterated his view that cultural forces are to blame for trafficking. "Get real. I'm for contraception & women working. I'm against exploitation of women promoted for decades by Hollywood & culture. Have to change that to stop trafficking. Fly commercial home from your next Hollywood fundraiser & ask people what Hollywood is doing to our culture," he said to McCaskill.
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