[PAA-Discuss] Fwd: [codepinkhouston] a voting guide

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one of the voting guides going around. this one clipped from Pro-Choice Texas (affiliated with NARAL)  Candidates who responded to survey or have identified positions by their websites or campaign literature.   
 No Senate race.  Governor Rick Perry (R) is anti-choice. 
House of Representatives
District 01
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 02
Rep. Ted Poe (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 03
John Ligenfelder (D) is pro-choice. 
Rep. Sam Johnson (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 04
The choice position of  VaLinda Hathcox (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Ralph Hall (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 05
The choice position of  Tom Berry (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 06
The choice position of  David Cozaad (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Joe Barton (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 07
Rep. John Culberson (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 08
Kent Hargett (D) is anti-choice. 
Rep. Kevin Brady (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 09
Rep. Al Green (D) is pro-choice. 
Steve Mueller (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 10
Ted Ankrum (D) is pro-choice. 
Rep. Michael McCaul (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 11
The choice position of  James Quillian (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Mike Conaway (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 12
The choice position of  Tracey Smith (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Kay Granger (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 13
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 14
The choice position of  Robert Pruett (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Ron Paul (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 15
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D) is mixed-choice. 
Eddie Zamora (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 16
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D) is mixed-choice. 
Tim Besco (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 17
Rep. Chet Edwards (D) is mixed-choice. 
Bill Flores (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 18
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D) is pro-choice. 
John Faulk (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 19
The choice position of  Andy Wilson (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 20
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D) is pro-choice. 
Clayton Trotter (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 21
The choice position of  Laine Melnick (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Lamar Smith (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 22
The choice position of  Kesha Rogers (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Pete Olson (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 23
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D) is mixed-choice. 
Quico Canseco (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 24
Rep. Kenny Marchant (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 25
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D) is pro-choice. 
Donna Campbell (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 26
The choice position of  Neil Durrance (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Michael Burgess (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 27
Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D) is anti-choice. 
Blake Farenthold (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 28
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) is anti-choice. 
Bryan Underwood (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 29
Rep. Gene Green (D) is pro-choice. 
Roy Morales (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 30
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) is pro-choice. 
Stephen Broden (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 31
Rep. John Carter (R) is anti-choice. 
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District 32
The choice position of  Grier Raggio (D) is unknown. 
Rep. Pete Sessions (R) is anti-choice. 
Learn more >> 

http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/pro-choice-voter-guide.html?state=TX
 
Texas laws re: reproductive freedom: http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/government-and-you/state-governments/state-profiles/texas.html.
The worst (imo) ~ 
Since Fiscal Year 2005-06, (for the first time in state history), TX lawmakers decided to directly fund ANTI-choice Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs).  A budget rider allocated $5 million toward unregulated and unlicensed CPCs. Even worse, that same $5 million was originally to be spent on preventive health screenings and contraceptive services.  According to the Dept of State Health Services, it is estimated that due to this funding shift, over 16,000 low-income Texas women lost access to preventative health-care and family-planning services.   
The deception practiced by and at CPCs is well-documented. In July 2006, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) released a study which found that crisis pregnancy centers often mislead and misinform teenagers about the medical risks of abortion. Investigators posing as pregnant 17-year olds seeking medical counseling called more than two dozen CPCs that receive federal funding. The report found that 87 percent of these CPCs provided either false or misleading information about the health effects of abortion. Specifically, several center employees told the women that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer, despite the overwhelming medical consensus that no such link exists. In addition, callers were incorrectly told that abortion could cause "permanent damage" that would affect their future ability to bear children. Finally, many centers continued to advance the myth of "post-abortion trauma syndrome," even though scientific evidence shows that abortion does not cause significant long-term psychological harm.
Lomi Kriel, Family Planning Losing, Anti-Abortion Gaining, San Antonio Express News, May 19, 2005; United States House of Representatives Committee On Government Reform, False and Misleading Health Information Provided by Federally Funded Pregnancy Resource Centers (2006), at http://reform.democrats.house.gov/Documents/20060717101140-30092.pdf (last visited Jan. 19, 2007). 
 
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