HEALTHCARE
SENATE RACE
Elizabeth Warren (Democrat)
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Pro-Choice stance on women’s reproductive rights decisions.
John Deaton (Republican)
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Believes in a woman’s right to an abortion should be between her and her doctor, not the law’s.
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He would help congress to try and overturn the supreme court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Does not support late-term abortion, and would fight to make the law include early term but not late.
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Deaton believes in a parent’s right to make decisions in the best interest of their child, if put in a position to make decisions.
HOUSE RACES
House District 1
Richard Neal (Democrat)
Neal believes that abortion care is a vital part of health care and is overwhelmingly safe. The committee's mission is to protect health care, not undermine it.
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Neal emphasizes that complications arise and health outcomes worsen when access to health care becomes difficult or impossible.
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Wants to reduce health care costs for millions of low and middle-income Americans by extending the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credit enhancements through 2025.
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Wants to enable Medicare to negotiate drug prices and setting a max limit of out-of-pocket cost of medications for seniors including capping the cost of insulin at $35/month.
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House District 2
James McGovern (Democrat)
Supports access to medical care for all, affordable prescription drugs, and is pro-choice.
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Supports affordable insulin and Medicare's ability to negotiate the price of costly drugs.
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Supports women's health, accessible reproductive medication, reproductive freedom and abortion rights.
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Supports new medical technologies such as genetic disease research, chemical detection for soldiers and prosthetics for wounded veterans.
House District 3
Lori Trahan (Democrat)
Supports affordable health care as well as the efforts to lower prescription drug costs and is pro-choice.
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Trahan supports lower health insurance premiums and expanded coverage.
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Supports prohibition of government interference with abortion services.
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Supports access to birth control and other forms of contraception and believes in punishing anyone infringing upon the access.
House District 4
Jake Auchincloss (Democrat)
Supports women’s health care and supports ower health care costs.
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Supports freeing Americans of medical debt.
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Supports women's access to abortion
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Supports lower prices for prescription drugs.
House District 5
Katherine Clark (Democrat)
Believes abortion is a basic human right, and supports ratifying Roe vs Wade
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Supported legislation to continue supporting abortion rights
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Voted to put abortion and birth control access into federal law
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Has had an abortion before, from a miscarriage, and shares her story to help other women and show her support for abortion access.
House District 6
Seth Moulton (Democrat)
Member of the house pro-choice caucus, and is a strong defender of a women’s right to choose.
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Believes that no supreme court shold should have a say in a women’s body, and it should not be dictated by politician either
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Supports the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would enshrine women’s health into law
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Supports bills that expand access to birth control and contraceptives
House District 7
Ayanna Pressley (Democrat)
Co-Chair of the Abortion Access Task Force, and believes abortion is health care and should be fully legal
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Co-led legislation to protect and restore access to abortion care worldwide
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Helped expand access to abortion medication and birth control
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Works with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use every tool available to protect families and abortion providers.
House District 8
Stephen Lynch (Democrat)
Supports abortion access and has helped curb attempts to restrict access to abortion and contraceptives.
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Believes in funding and supporting planned parenthood, and supports its mission to provide information and access to women’s health resources.
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He wants to reduce drug prices, and supports easy access to health care.
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Supports legislation that allows for government funding to help low-income families afford health care plans.
Robert G. Burke (Republican)
Is pro-choice, and supports access to health care which includes a opposition to Affordable Care Act.
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Recognizes fertilized eggs as possible victims of crime, which would result in abortion being a crime of violence
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Believes that the Affordable Care Act disadvantages the doctors and physicians due to higher restrictions
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Believes the Affordable Care Act has lessened the quality of health care in the U.S., and supports individual private practitioners.
House District 9
William R. Keating (Democrat)
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Bill Keating is pro-choice and proud to have consistently received a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Dan Sullivan (Republican)
Dan believes in medical freedom.
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He criticizes one-size-fits-all health care and medical mandates.
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Dan believes that patients and their families in consultation with their health care providers should make individual medical choices.
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Dan believes that government officials should not be making one-sided medical decisions for citizens.