Pro-Life and Family Values

As a mother of four children, I believe that life begins at conception, and I will always defend life. Every human being has inherent value and dignity regardless of their stage of development, ability, age, gender, or race. 

79% of Americans oppose late-term abortions and I join them in steadfast opposition to this practice. I support the Hyde Amendment in all appropriations bills and am proud that my appropriation's request prohibiting federal tax dollars from funding abortions was signed into law.

As a member of the Values Action Team, I work to defend pro-family legislation that promotes adoption and respects the right to life. I have cosponsored dozens of bills to protect life. I cosponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act to ensure federal funds aren’t being used to pay for abortions. I cosponsored legislation to prevent Planned Parenthood from accessing any federal mandatory or discretionary funds that are utilized to perform abortions. I cosponsored the Life at Conception Act to protect the unborn. I’ve cosponsored the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to ensure any child born alive after surviving an abortion receives immediate care.

Now that Roe V. Wade has been overturned, the American people and their elected local representatives have the ability to choose life like never before. I am also a strong supporter of the Tenth Amendment and believe that if the Constitution does not explicitly delegate powers to the federal government, the issues are reserved to the states and the people. 

I will continue to provide a voice to the voiceless, protect the unborn, and support the pro-life movement.

Additionally, I believe that strong families are the foundation of American society, and I oppose efforts to redefine marriage as anything other than the union of one man and one woman.

Anti-family leftists are sacrificing everything on the altar of radical gender ideology, from first graders’ educations to women’s sports. I stood up for female athletes being silenced by the radical left, and I am not afraid to say that I reject the left’s woke definition of gender. Only women should play in women's sports and be allowed in women's locker rooms. 

I am fighting to protect families from extremists telling our children that it's ok for them to get a sex change and take puberty blocking drugs. I sent a congressional inquiry holding the Biden regime accountable for using Colorado as a testcase for requiring tax dollars to fund sex change surgeries for minors. Sex change surgeries render a person sterile for life, and taxpayer dollars should not be used to permanently maim confused children. Children should never be used as pawns to advance radical gender ideology. Permanently altering and disabling the physical bodies of children is never ok—and it is especially deplorable when done to gain cheap political points with the radical left.

I introduced the Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act to prohibit tax dollars from funding Dr. Fauci’s National Institute of Health’s studies on sex change, sterilization, chemical castration, and puberty-blocking procedures for minors suffering from gender dysphoria. Using psychologically vulnerable children as lab rats for life-altering sterilization procedures and genital mutilation is wrong, and it should be illegal.

I will always fight for pro-life and pro-family legislation that promotes adoption, reduces tax burdens on working families, improves school choice, and respects the right to life.

For my work on pro-life issues, I earned an "A+" rating from the Susan B Anthony List and a 100% score from the National Right to Life Committee. For my work on family values, I earned a 100% score from the Family Research Council and a 100% score from Eagle Forum.