Section Overview

Abortion And Family Planning

Section Overview:

• Budd said that he was “100% pro-life” and repeatedly stated that he believes that “life begins at conception.”
  
   
• Budd supported North Carolina’s ban on abortion after 20 weeks, and said he was “extremely disappointed” when it was ruled unconstitutional.
  
   
• Budd co-sponsored legislation to ban dilation and evacuation, a procedure commonly used in second-trimester abortions.
  
   
• Budd supported the domestic gag rule which restricted Title X federal family planning funding and opposed legislation to block its enforcement.
  
   
• Budd called for ending taxpayer funding on human embryonic stem cell research at the National Institutes of Health.
  
   
• Budd supported requiring abortion providers to dispose of fetal remains in the same way as any other human remains.
  
   
• Budd supported legislation to prohibit using the Department of Health and Human Services from supporting or conducting research using fetal tissue from an induced abortion.
  
   
• Budd repeatedly supported the No Taxpayer For Abortion And Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which would prohibit government funding for abortions including through Medicaid and other government programs.
  
   
• Budd supported legislation prohibiting COVID response funds from going towards abortions and argued that abortions should be suspended during the pandemic.
  
   
• Budd co-sponsored multiple pieces of legislation that would ban abortions where a fetal heartbeat was detectable, effectively banning abortions after six weeks.
  
   
• Budd co-sponsored legislation that would require women seeking an abortion to get a mandatory ultrasound. 
  
   
• Budd supported strengthening federal regulation of abortion medication and supported requiring informing women seeking an abortion about “abortion pill reversal.” 
  
   
• Budd supported the Mexico City Policy which barred federal funding for foreign NGOs that provide abortion counseling or services.
  
   
• Budd signed an amicus brief in support of overturning Roe v. Wade, which he said was “passed wrongfully and tragically.” 
  
   
• Budd opposed the Women’s Health Protection Act, which sought to codify abortion rights protections. Budd called the legislation “disgusting” and said he was “adamantly opposed” to it.
  
   
• Budd co-sponsored personhood legislation that could lead to outlawing birth control and in vitro fertilization.
  
   
• Budd supported defunding Planned Parenthood and said doing so was a “sign of progress.” Budd supported multiple pieces of legislation aimed at defunding and signed onto amicus briefs supporting Texas and South Carolina defunding Planned Parenthood. 
  
   
• Budd spoke in support of the Texas abortion law, which sought to ban most abortions after about six weeks, did not include rape or incest exceptions, and deputized private citizens to sue people who “aid and abet” a procedure.
  
   
• Budd supported a federal trap law and Louisiana’s trap law that required abortion providers to have admitting privileges to a local hospital and to adhere to strict safety standards.