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From: HoustonCathy <ckorrf@earthlink.net><br>
To: code pink listserve <codepinkhouston@lists.riseup.net><br>
Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 11:42 am<br>
Subject: [codepinkhouston] a voting guide<br>
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<div id=templatelist-182049388 style="DISPLAY: inline"><FONT size=3>one of the voting guides going around. this one clipped from Pro-Choice <U>Texas</U> (affiliated with NARAL)</FONT> </div>
<div style="DISPLAY: inline"><FONT size=2>Candidates who responded to survey or have identified positions by their websites or campaign literature. </FONT></div>
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<FONT size=2>No Senate race. Governor Rick Perry (R) is <I>anti-choice</I>. </FONT></H2>
<H2><FONT size=4>House of Representatives</FONT></H2>
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<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-01.html" target=_blank>District 01</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Louie Gohmert (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-01.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-02.html" target=_blank>District 02</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Ted Poe (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-02.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-03.html" target=_blank>District 03</A></H3>
<div>John Ligenfelder (D) is pro-choice. <br>
Rep. Sam Johnson (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-03.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-04.html" target=_blank>District 04</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of VaLinda Hathcox (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Ralph Hall (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-04.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-05.html" target=_blank>District 05</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of Tom Berry (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-05.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-06.html" target=_blank>District 06</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of David Cozaad (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Joe Barton (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-06.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-07.html" target=_blank>District 07</A></H3>
<div>Rep. John Culberson (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-07.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-08.html" target=_blank>District 08</A></H3>
<div>Kent Hargett (D) is anti-choice. <br>
Rep. Kevin Brady (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-08.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-09.html" target=_blank>District 09</A></H3>
<div><FONT color=#008000>Rep. Al Green (D) is pro-choice.</FONT> <br>
Steve Mueller (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-09.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-10.html" target=_blank>District 10</A></H3>
<div>Ted Ankrum (D) is pro-choice. <br>
Rep. Michael McCaul (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-10.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-11.html" target=_blank>District 11</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of James Quillian (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Mike Conaway (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-11.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-12.html" target=_blank>District 12</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of Tracey Smith (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Kay Granger (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-12.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-13.html" target=_blank>District 13</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Mac Thornberry (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-13.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-14.html" target=_blank>District 14</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of Robert Pruett (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Ron Paul (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-14.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-15.html" target=_blank>District 15</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D) is mixed-choice. <br>
Eddie Zamora (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-15.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-16.html" target=_blank>District 16</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D) is mixed-choice. <br>
Tim Besco (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-16.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-17.html" target=_blank>District 17</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Chet Edwards (D) is mixed-choice. <br>
Bill Flores (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-17.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-18.html" target=_blank>District 18</A></H3>
<div><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D) is pro-choice</FONT></STRONG>. <br>
John Faulk (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-18.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-19.html" target=_blank>District 19</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of Andy Wilson (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-19.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-20.html" target=_blank>District 20</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D) is pro-choice. <br>
Clayton Trotter (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-20.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-21.html" target=_blank>District 21</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of Laine Melnick (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Lamar Smith (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-21.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-22.html" target=_blank>District 22</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of Kesha Rogers (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Pete Olson (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-22.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-23.html" target=_blank>District 23</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D) is mixed-choice. <br>
Quico Canseco (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-23.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-24.html" target=_blank>District 24</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Kenny Marchant (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-24.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-25.html" target=_blank>District 25</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D) is pro-choice. <br>
Donna Campbell (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-25.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-26.html" target=_blank>District 26</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of Neil Durrance (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Michael Burgess (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-26.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-27.html" target=_blank>District 27</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D) is anti-choice. <br>
Blake Farenthold (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-27.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-28.html" target=_blank>District 28</A></H3>
<div>Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) is anti-choice. <br>
Bryan Underwood (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-28.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-29.html" target=_blank>District 29</A></H3>
<div><FONT color=#008000>Rep. Gene Green (D) is pro-choice. <br>
</FONT>Roy Morales (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-29.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-30.html" target=_blank>District 30</A></H3>
<div><FONT color=#008000><STRONG>Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) is pro-choice.</STRONG></FONT> <br>
Stephen Broden (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-30.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-31.html" target=_blank>District 31</A></H3>
<div>Rep. John Carter (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-31.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
<H3><A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-32.html" target=_blank>District 32</A></H3>
<div>The choice position of Grier Raggio (D) is unknown. <br>
Rep. Pete Sessions (R) is anti-choice. <br>
<A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/pro-choice-voter-guide/race/tx-32.html" target=_blank>Learn more >></A> </div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: inline"><SPAN class=includeDocument>Texas laws re: reproductive freedom: <A href="http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/government-and-you/state-governments/state-profiles/texas.html" target=_blank>http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/government-and-you/state-governments/state-profiles/texas.html</A>.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: inline"><SPAN class=includeDocument>The worst (imo) ~
<div>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. </div>
<div>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 <U>87 percent of these CPCs provided either false or misleading information</U> 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.</div>
<div><FONT size=1>Lomi Kriel, <EM>Family Planning Losing, Anti-Abortion Gaining</EM>, <SPAN style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">San Antonio Express News</SPAN>, May 19, 2005; United States House of Representatives Committee On Government Reform, <EM>False and Misleading Health Information Provided by Federally Funded Pregnancy Resource Centers</EM> (2006), at </FONT><A href="http://reform.democrats.house.gov/Documents/20060717101140-30092.pdf" target=_blank><FONT size=1>http://reform.democrats.house.gov/Documents/20060717101140-30092.pdf</FONT></A><FONT size=1> (last visited Jan. 19, 2007). </FONT></div>
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