John Reid Edwards on Abortion & Contraception

DemocratNC

Abortion & Contraception9 votes · 12.5/100 consistent

Expand accessRestrict access

18 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Abortion & Contraception. 9 of them counted toward the score above: 7 toward “Expand access” and 2 toward “Restrict access”.

The other 9 did not count: 6 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 3 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
2003-10-21	A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Conference Report	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2003-09-17	A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2003-03-13	A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2003-03-12	A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Restrict access
2000-09-14	To require that the Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting, and for other purposes.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-09-14	To require that the Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting, and for other purposes.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-09-13	To express the sense of Congress regarding forced abortions in the People's Republic of China.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-09-13	To require that the Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting, and for other purposes.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-06-30	To prohibit the expenditure of certain appropriated funds for the distribution or provision of, or the provision of a prescription for, postcoital emergency contraception.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand access
2000-06-28	To fund a coordinated national effort to prevent, detect, and educate the public concerning Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect and to identify effective interventions for children, adolescents, and adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2000-06-20	To repeal the restriction on the use of Department of Defense facilities for privately funded abortions.S. 2549 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Expand access
1999-10-21	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial birth abortions.S. 1692 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Expand access
1999-10-21	To provide for certain disclosures and limitations with respect to the transference of human fetal tissue.S. 1692 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Expand access
1999-10-20	To express the sense of Congress concerning Roe v. Wade and partial birth abortion bans.S. 1692 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
1999-10-20	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial birth abortions.S. 1692 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Restrict access
1999-10-20	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial birth abortions.S. 1692 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Expand access
1999-07-01	To prohibit the use of funds the pay for an abortion or to pay for the administrative expenses in connection with certain health plans that provide coverage for abortions.S. 1282 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Expand access
1999-05-26	To repeal the restriction on use of the Department of Defense facilities for privately funded abortions.S. 1059 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	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.