William M. Cowan on Abortion & Contraception
DemocratMA
3 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Abortion & Contraception. 2 of them counted toward the score above: 2 toward “Expand access” and 0 toward “Restrict access”.
The other 1 did not count: 1 was a roll call whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.
| Date | What was voted on | Voted | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-23 | To create a point of order against any legislation that would provide taxpayer funds to the United Nations while any member nation forces citizens or residents of that nation to undergo involuntary abortions.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2013-03-22 | To express the sense of the Senate to enact Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Expand access |
| 2013-03-22 | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect women's access to health care, including primary and preventative health care, family planning and birth control, and employer-provided contraceptive coverage, such as was provided under the Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148).S.Con.Res. 8 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand access |
Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Expand access / Restrict access axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.