David Baria (D): Legal. Keep safe, legal & woman's choice. Could support reasonable restrictions on late-term abortions if exceptions for rape, incest, mother's health & viability of the fetus.
Roger Wicker (R): Ban. Introduced bill to declare that constitutional right to life begins at moment of fertilization. In 2011, said "Roe v Wade has led to a 3-&-a-half decades-long holocaust."
Q: Contraception: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage if disagree with it?
Baria: No specific stand, but strong general supporter of women's access to contraception.
Wicker: Yes. "The federal government doesn't have the right to force Americans to violate their faith."
Q: Let Planned Parenthood receive public funds for non-abortion health care?
Baria: Yes. Allow continued funding. "Women should have access to the best healthcare available."
Wicker: No. Signed on to Supreme Court brief arguing for defunding.
David Baria (D): Legal. Keep safe, legal & woman's choice. Could support reasonable restrictions on late-term abortions if exceptions for rape, incest, mother's health & viability of the fetus.
Roger Wicker (R): Ban. Introduced bill to declare that constitutional right to life begins at moment of fertilization. In 2011, said "Roe v Wade has led to a 3-&-a-half decades-long holocaust."
Q: Contraception: Allow employers to withhold contraceptive coverage if disagree with it?
Baria: No specific stand, but strong general supporter of women's access to contraception.
Wicker: Yes. "The federal government doesn't have the right to force Americans to violate their faith."
Q: Let Planned Parenthood receive public funds for non-abortion health care?
Baria: Yes. Allow continued funding. "Women should have access to the best healthcare available."
Wicker: No. Signed on to Supreme Court brief arguing for defunding.
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Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015: GA:Chambliss(R) IA:Harkin(D) MI:Levin(D) MT:Baucus(D) NE:Johanns(R) OK:Coburn(R) SD:Johnson(D) WV:Rockefeller(D) Resigned from 113th House: AL-1:Jo Bonner(R) FL-19:Trey Radel(R) LA-5:Rod Alexander(R) MA-5:Ed Markey(D) MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R) NC-12:Melvin Watt(D) SC-1:Tim Scott(R) |
Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R) GA-1:Jack Kingston(R) GA-10:Paul Broun(R) GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R) HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D) IA-1:Bruce Braley(D) LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R) ME-2:Mike Michaud(D) MI-14:Gary Peters(D) MT-0:Steve Daines(R) OK-5:James Lankford(R) PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D) TX-36:Steve Stockman(R) WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) |
Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R) AR-2:Tim Griffin(R) CA-11:George Miller(D) CA-25:Howard McKeon(R) CA-33:Henry Waxman(D) CA-45:John Campbell(R) IA-3:Tom Latham(R) MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R) NC-6:Howard Coble(R) NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D) NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R) NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D) NY-21:Bill Owens(D) PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R) UT-4:Jim Matheson(D) VA-8:Jim Moran(D) VA-10:Frank Wolf(R) | |
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