Rep. Ron Paul has a long anti-choice record from his years in Congress, repeatedly voting to make it more difficult for women to access abortion and birth control.
- During his years in Congress, Rep. Paul voted 106 times on choice-related issues. Ninety-three of those votes were anti-choice. 1 On the occasions he voted pro-choice, Paul often made speeches on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to explain why and to reaffirm his anti-choice views.
- Rep. Paul tried to zero-out all international family-planning funds. 2
- In 2009, he voted for the notorious Stupak abortion-coverage ban. 3
- Rep. Paul voted for “personhood” rights, which could make abortion and many forms of birth control illegal. 4
Rep. Paul is vocal about his extreme position on choice:
- “I will veto any spending bill that contains funding for Planned Parenthood, facilities that perform abortion and all government family-planning schemes.”
