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1 2016 LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD Favorable Vote Unfavorable Vote E Sponsor Absent or Excused

2 2016 LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado compiles legislative scorecards to educate and inform voters about the record of support for reproductive health and education of current members of the Colorado Senate and Colorado House. The information presented is based on votes on key legislation related to reproductive health and rights. ANTI-WOMEN'S HEALTH During the 2016 session, we again saw numerous attacks on reproductive health care in Colorado. However, with the help of our coalition partners, we defeated all six anti-abortion bills. These attacks included: : Would have created fetal personhood in Colorado law, banning all abortion in the state, even in cases of rape or incest. : Would have banned all abortion in the state and criminalized doctors who provide abortion care. : Would have created regulations to scare doctors out of providing abortion care, under the guise of protecting infants. : Would have stigmatized abortion care by creating regulations and moving jurisdiction away from the public health department around fetal tissue donation for medical research. Federal law already regulates and prohibits profit from fetal tissue donation. : Would have created unnecessary and burdensome requirements for abortion providers, with the goal of reducing access in rural communities and making abortion care extremely costly to provide. : Would have made Colorado women go through forced vaginal ultrasounds, leave work to go to two appointments, and wait 24 hours, among other things, to get abortion care. DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION During the 2016 session, we also saw two bills that would have allowed discrimination based on personal religious beliefs. Both failed. : Would have allowed any religiously affiliated organizations/persons to refuse to participate in ceremonies, including weddings, that conflict with their religious beliefs, even though religious organizations already have Constitutional protections. The true goal of the bill was to attack marriage equality. : This bill would have made it so no state action may burden a person s exercise of religion. This would legalize discrimination against the LGBTQ community and allow denials of vital reproductive health care and education. PRO-WOMEN S HEALTH During the 2016 session, there were three bills seeking to expand access to birth control in Colorado, and one to protect pregnant women in the workplace. Two passed, while two did not. : Would have better aligned state law with federal Affordable Care Act regarding insurance coverage of all FDA-approved contraceptive methods, and make it easier for women to choose and get the best birth control for them. : This bill would have allowed women to pick-up 12 months of birth control pills at a time, so that women don t have to visit a pharmacy every month for the contraception that has already been prescribed. : This bill is known as the Long Bill, which is the bill outlining the budget for next year. This year it included funding for a program that provides long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), after defeat of the proposal last year. : This bill will make reasonable accommodations for pregnant women in the workplace, such as not requiring a pregnant woman to move heavy boxes, or giving a pregnant woman adequate water and bathroom breaks.

3 SENATE SCORES NAME DISTRICT PARTY Aguilar, Irene SD32 D Baumgardner, Randy SD08 R Cadman, Bill SD12 R Carroll, Morgan SD29 D Cooke, John SD13 R Crowder, Larry SD35 R Donovan, Kerry SD05 D Garcia, Leroy SD03 D Grantham, Kevin SD02 R Guzman, Lucia SD34 D Heath, Rollie SD18 D Hill, Owen SD10 R Hodge, Mary SD25 D Holbert, Chris SD30 R Jahn, Cheri SD20 D Johnston, Michael SD33 D Jones, Matt SD17 D Kefalas, John SD14 D Kerr, Andrew SD22 D Lambert, Kent SD09 R Lundberg, Kevin SD15 R Marble, Vicki SD23 R Martinez, Humenik, Beth SD24 R Merrifield, Michael SD11 D Neville, Tim SD16 R

4 SENATE SCORES NAME DISTRICT PARTY Newell, Linda SD26 D Roberts, Ellen SD06 R Scheffel, Mark SD04 R Scott, Ray SD07 R Sonnenberg, Jerry SD01 R Steadman, Pat SD31 D Tate, Jack SD27 R Todd, Nancy SD28 D Ulibarri, Jessie SD21 D Woods, Laura SD19 R

5 HOUSE SCORES NAME DISTRICT PARTY Arndt, Jennifer HD53 D Becker, Jon HD65 R Becker, KC HD13 D Brown, J. Paul HD59 R Buck, Perry HD49 R Buckner, Janet HD40 D Carver, Terri HD20 R Conti, Kathleen HD38 R Coram, Don HD58 R Court, Lois HD06 D Danielson, Jessie HD24 D DelGrosso, Brian HD51 R Dore, Timothy H 64 R Duran, Crisanta HD05 D Esgar, Daneya HD46 D Everett, Justin HD22 R Fields, Rhonda HD42 D Foote, Mike HD12 D Garnett, Alec HD02 D Ginal, Joann HD52 D Hamner, Millie HD61 D Hullinghorst, Dickey Lee HD10 D Humphrey, Stephen HD48 R

6 HOUSE SCORES NAME DISTRICT PARTY Joshi, Janak HD16 R Kagan, Daniel HD03 D Klingenschmitt, Gordon HD15 R Kraft-Tharp, Tracy HD29 D Landgraf, Lois HD21 R Lawrence, Polly HD39 R Lebsock, Steve HD34 D Lee, Pete HD18 D Leonard, Tim HD25 R Lontine, Susan HD01 D Lundeen, Paul HD19 R McCann, Beth HD8 D Melton, Jovan HD41 D Mitsch Bush, Diane HD26 D Moreno, Dominick HD32 D Navarro, Clarice HD47 R Neville, Patrick HD45 R Nordberg, Daniel HD14 R Pabon, Dan HD04 D Pettersen, Brittany HD28 D Primavera, Dianne HD33 D Priola, Kevin HD56 R Rankin, Robert HD57 R

7 HOUSE SCORES NAME DISTRICT PARTY Ransom, Kim HD44 R Rosenthal, Paul HD09 D Roupe, Kit HD17 R Ryden, Su HD36 D E Saine, Lori HD63 R Salazar, Joseph HD31 D Sias, Lang HD27 R Singer, Jonathan HD11 D Thurlow, Daniel HD55 R Tyler, Max HD23 D Van Winkle, Kevin HD43 R Vigil, Edward HD62 D Willett, Yeulin HD54 R Williams, Angela HD07 D Wilson, James HD60 R Windholz, JoAnn HD30 R Winter, Faith HD35 D Wist, Cole HD37 R Young, David HD50 D *Note: Excused or absent votes are not counted against legislators for scores. Planned Parenthood Votes Colorado (PPVC) is a non-partisan, 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. PPVC is the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Inc (PPRM). We engage in educations and electoral activities, including legislative advocacy, voter education, and grassroots organizing to promote the mission of Planned Parenthood.