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Presidential Score Card

EMILY's List ranked the Republican candidates on five central issues for women and families -- from access to health care for women to social security reform. On each issue, candidates were given strikes for their rhetoric, actions, and consistency. Women voters are key to any candidate hoping to win in November 2012, and we want to make sure that voters know the truth about the Republican candidates. We encourage voters to learn more about the candidates' records and to explore how their views would impact their home states. Click here to learn more.

*Click on the X's
for more information		 Bachmann
Dropped out Jan. 4		 Gingrich Huntsman
Dropped out Jan. 16.		 Paul Perry
Dropped out Jan. 19		 Romney Santorum

Choice and Access to Women’s Health Care

(Supports or Opposes certain exceptions for abortions and funding for Title X Programs and Planned Parenthood)		 XXX XXX XX XXX XXXX XXXX XXXXX

Health Care Reform

(Supports or Opposes Health Care Reform)		 XXX XXX XXX XX X XXX X

Jobs

(Supports or Opposes the President's Jobs Act, unemployment, or the minimum wage)		 XX XX X XX XX XXXX XX

Retirement and Medicare

(Supports or Opposes the Ryan budget plan, privatization of Social Security, and cutting Medicare benefits)		 XX XXXXX X XXX X X XX

Workplace Fairness

(Supports or Opposes Equal Pay legislation, Family and Medical Leave legislation, or the Equal Rights Amendment)		 XX X X XX X X
TOTAL STRIKES: 12 14 8 12 8 13 11

Strikes are awarded in four categories: rhetoric, action, voting record, and consistency. The higher the candidate's score, the worse their record is on issues affecting women and their families. Scores are based on one to two representative pieces of a greater issue.

Updated: February 16, 2012

How Your State is Affected

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Washington, DC

Can You Believe?

Santorum: Insurance Should Not Cover Birth Control at All Because it is "Available, Affordable." On February 10, 2012, the Washington Post reported that Rick Santorum told the Huffington Post's Sam Stein that insurance companies should not cover birth control under any circumstances. Santorum said he opposed the Obama Administration's contraception rule and explained his opposition to insurance coverage of contraception. He said, "This has nothing to do with access. This is having someone pay for it, pay for something that shouldn't be in an insurance plan anyway because it is not, really an insurable item. This is something that is affordable, available. You don't need insurance for these types of relatively small expenditures. This is simply trying to impose their values on somebody else, with the arm of the government doing so. That should offend everybody, people of faith and no faith that the government could get on a roll that is that aggressive." [Washington Post, 2/10/12]

The Facts on Birth Control:

  • 99% of sexually active women have used birth control [Guttmacher Institute]
  • 1 in 3 women voters have struggled with the cost of prescription birth control [Planned Parenthood]
  • Women typically pay between $180 to $600 a year for birth control [Planned Parenthood]

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