READ: 54 Times Rep. Dan Lipinski Sponsored Attacks on Women’s Health
By Greg Greene | March 12, 2018, 10 a.m.
Category: Abortion Access, State Attacks
U.S. Rep. Daniel Lipinski has a long record of attacking women’s health. From speaking (many times) at the annual March for Life to voting seven times to “defund” Planned Parenthood to fighting against no-copay birth control and the Affordable Care Act, Lipinski stands well apart from the principles someone would expect from a Chicago-area Democrat.
(It’s no wonder that two other Chicago-area Democrats in Congress — Luis Gutierrez and Jan Schakowsky — have endorsed Lipinski’s primary challenger, Marie Newman.)
This might blow your mind, though: In Congress, Lipinski has sponsored over 50 separate measures attacking women’s health — including the right to obtain a safe, legal abortion.
That’s right: In addition to casting votes against marriage equality, the Dream Act, and expanding access to health care, Lipinski has lent his name to 54 separate items of legislation that attack women’s health.
We have the full list of sponsorships; take the time to read it. (It’s a long list, so have a beverage handy to keep from getting parched.)
Date of introduction | Title | Number | |
1 | 2005-03-03 | RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2005 | H.R. 1079 |
2 | 2005-04-28 | End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2005 | H.R. 2012 |
3 | 2007-02-15 | Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act | H.R. 1063 |
4 | 2007-06-05 | Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007 | H.R. 2564 |
5 | 2007-12-04 | Mourning the passing of Congressman Henry J. Hyde and celebrating his leadership and service to the people of Illinois and the United States of America | H. Res. 843 |
6 | 2008-09-23 | Susan B. Anthony Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 | H.R. 7016 |
7 | 2009-01-22 | Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act | H.R. 634 |
8 | 2009-03-31 | Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2009 | H.R. 1822 |
9 | 2010-04-22 | To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services under such act | H.R. 5111 |
10 | 2010-05-11 | Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2010 | H.R. 5276 |
11 | 2010-07-29 | No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act | H.R. 5939 |
12 | 2011-01-07 | Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act | H.R. 217 |
13 | 2011-01-20 | Protect Life Act | H.R. 358 |
14 | 2011-01-20 | Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 | H.R. 361 |
15 | 2011-01-20 | No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act | H.R. 3 |
16 | 2011-06-22 | Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act | H.R. 2299 |
17 | 2011-12-01 | Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2012 | H.R. 3541 |
18 | 2012-01-23 | Ultrasound Informed Consent Act | H.R. 3805 |
19 | 2012-01-23 | District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act | H.R. 3803 |
20 | 2012-04-27 | SAFE Act | H.R. 4971 |
21 | 2012-05-08 | Homeland Security Respect for Life Act | H.R. 5646 |
22 | 2012-05-10 | Telemedicine Safety Act | H.R. 5731 |
23 | 2012-07-24 | PRO-LIFE Act | H.R. 6173 |
24 | 2013-01-04 | Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act | H.R. 217 |
25 | 2013-01-22 | SAFE Act | H.R. 346 |
26 | 2013-02-01 | Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2013 | H.R. 447 |
27 | 2013-02-05 | Homeland Security Respect for Life Act | H.R. 493 |
28 | 2013-02-14 | Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act | H.R. 732 |
29 | 2013-03-04 | Health Care Conscience Rights Act | H.R. 940 |
30 | 2013-03-13 | PRO-LIFE Act | H.R. 1122 |
31 | 2013-04-26 | Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act | H.R. 1797 |
32 | 2013-05-14 | No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014 | H.R. 7 |
33 | 2013-05-23 | Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2012 | H.R. 2164 |
34 | 2013-07-18 | Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 | H.R. 2734 |
35 | 2013-10-09 | Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2013 | H.R. 3279 |
36 | 2014-05-21 | Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014 | H.R. 4698 |
37 | 2015-01-06 | Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act | H.R. 36 |
38 | 2015-01-08 | Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act | H.R. 217 |
39 | 2015-01-21 | No taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 | H.R. 7 |
40 | 2015-01-22 | PRO-LIFE Act | H.R. 463 |
41 | 2015-02-05 | Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act | H.R. 803 |
42 | 2015-02-12 | Health Care Conscience Rights Act | H.R. 940 |
43 | 2015-07-21 | Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 | H.R. 3134 |
44 | 2015-09-11 | Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2105 (sic) | H.R. 3498 |
45 | 2015-09-15 | Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | H.R. 3504 |
46 | 2016-03-22 | Conscience Protection Act of 2016 | H.R. 4828 |
47 | 2016-04-13 | Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2016 | H.R. 4924 |
48 | 2017-01-03 | Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2017 | H.R. 147 |
49 | 2017-01-03 | Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | H.R. 37 |
50 | 2017-01-03 | Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act | H.R. 36 |
51 | 2017-01-13 | No taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017 | H.R. 7 |
52 | 2017-01-24 | Conscience Protection Act of 2017 | H.R. 644 |
53 | 2017-10-03 | Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act | H.R. 36 |
54 | 2018-01-19 | Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | H.R. 4712 |
On March 20, residents of Lipinski’s district have the chance to send a champion for women’s health to Congress. Planned Parenthood Action Fund supports Marie Newman for Congress because she’s the right candidate for Illinois women, and because she understands that personal, private health decisions should be between a patient and their doctor — not their member of Congress.
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