Pro-choice scores for 2007 are based on the following votes.

Senate Votes

1. "Unborn Child" Regulation. Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, H.R.976. Allard (R-CO) amendment to codify the Bush administration's controversial "unborn child" regulation that allows states to make an embryo or fetus - but not a pregnant woman - eligible for health-care coverage. The amendment was an effort to erode further the legal framework for abortion rights by recognizing an embryo, from the moment of conception, as a separate beneficiary of government programs. Rejected 49-50; a pro-choice vote (+) was against the amendment (8/2/07).
   
2. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). FY'08 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, H.R.2764. Brownback (R-KS) amendment to strike language in the bill that would help ensure that the president cannot unilaterally cancel the U.S. contribution to UNFPA. For each of the last six years, President Bush has cancelled the appropriation for this important reproductive-health program. Passed 48-45; a pro-choice vote (+) was against the amendment (9/6/07).
   
3. Global Gag Rule - Full Repeal. FY'08 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, H.R.2764. Boxer (D-CA) and Snowe (R-ME) amendment to repeal the global gag rule, which denies U.S. assistance to any overseas health clinic that uses its own private funds to provide or counsel about abortion care, or take a pro-choice position. Passed 53-41; a pro-choice vote (+) was in support of the amendment (9/6/07).
   
4. Global Gag Rule - Partial Repeal. FY'08 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, H.R.2764. Brownback (R-KS) amendment to strike a provision from the bill that would allow overseas health centers otherwise ineligible for USAID funding under the global gag rule to receive U.S.-donated condoms and contraceptives. The global gag rule denies U.S. assistance to any overseas clinic that uses its own private funds to provide or counsel about abortion care, or take a pro-choice position. Rejected 40-54; a pro-choice vote (+) was against the amendment (9/6/07).
   
5. Federal Health Grants. FY'08 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, H.R.3043. Vitter (R-LA) amendment to defund family-planning clinics nationwide. The amendment would have denied all federal health grants to any health center that provides abortion care with other funds. Rejected 41-52; a pro-choice vote (+) was against the amendment (10/18/07).

House Votes

1. Global Gag Rule - Partial Repeal. FY'08 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, H.R.2764. Smith (R-NJ) and Stupak (D-MI) amendment to strike a provision from the bill that would allow overseas health centers otherwise ineligible for USAID funding under the global gag rule to receive U.S.-donated condoms and contraceptives. The global gag rule denies U.S. assistance to any overseas clinic that uses its own private funds to provide or counsel about abortion care, or take a pro-choice position. Rejected 205-218; a pro-choice vote (+) was against the amendment (6/21/07).
   
2. Family-Planning Services. FY'08 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, H.R.3043. Pence (R-IN) amendment to disqualify Planned Parenthood from participating in the Title X family-planning program. Doing so would disrupt family-planning services to low-income women and men across the country. Rejected 189-231; a pro-choice vote (+) was against the amendment (7/19/07).