Pro-Life

Congressman Lamborn’s legislative record reflects his unwavering dedication to protecting the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death, the terminally ill, and all whose lives are threatened by physician-assisted suicide.  Congressman Lamborn has consistently sponsored or cosponsored pro-life bills since his election to Congress.  He strongly believes human life begins at fertilization.  Every human life has inherent value and dignity regardless of the stage of development, race, age, gender, or ability.

To further his efforts to protect our core conservative family values, Congressman Lamborn is an active member of the Republican Study Committee, a Congressional organization committed to conservative principles in government.

Additionally, Congressman Lamborn is an active member of the Values Action Team and the Pro-Life Caucus. Through these organizations, he legislatively promotes the protection of life, advances pro-family tax bills (such as marriage tax penalty relief, death tax elimination, education savings accounts, adoption tax credit, parent tax credit), fights to improve our education system through school choice, advocates prohibition of internet child pornography, and seeks harsher penalties for child predators.

Consistently Protecting the Unborn:

In the U.S. House of Representatives:
Congressman Lamborn is a loud and active voice within the House to protect the unborn. In the last year alone, the Congressman has cosponsored and voted for 10 pro-life legislation in the House. Three recent cosponsorships include the Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act, the No Abortion Bonds Act, and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. These pieces of legislation serve to protect the unborn, close loopholes and stop taxpayer money from going to abortion performing entities.

Congressman Lamborn's Support in the Senate:
In a proactive approach, Congressman Lamborn authored a letter supported by 69 House Colleagues, to key Senate leadership successfully urging them to prioritize pro-life protections in any health care legislation they pass. This letter proves the personal responsibility the Congressman feels to protecting the unborn.

READ: Denver Post Article: “Doug Lamborn, in a letter to Senate GOP leaders, asks that “pro-life priorities” be included in health care bill

The Congressman's Work with the White House:
 The Congressman constantly advocates for the protection of unborn lives, and tirelessly works to ensure that all avenues are explored.  Thanks to letters by the Congressman and his fellow Members, the Trump Administration has announced proposed regulations regarding the Title X Family Planning funding stream.  These proposed regulations will ensure that funding for family planning services does not decrease, but that there is now a clear physical and financial separation between Title X recipients and abortion providers. Title X rules will now require the grantees to “comply with all state and local laws requiring notification or reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking.”  As a result of these changes, Title X rules will ensure that taxpayer money goes to family planning centers that are not in the abortion business.

Rep. Lamborn Rallies Outside the Supreme Court:
The Congressman believes a fundamental role in protecting the lives of the unborn is preserving the freedom of pregnancy medical centers.  These centers work to serve the babies, women, and families in our communities and serve as a beacon of hope to those women facing unplanned pregnancies. Congressman Lamborn has consistently fought this issue even by taking it to the Supreme Court by speaking on behalf of those centers and their tremendous work.  The Congressman spoke on behalf of these centers as oral arguments began in NIFLA v. Becerra, a case that pits pregnancy care centers against their values.

Addressing the Right to Life at the United Nations:
In July 2017, The United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) released a document that would reinterpret international human rights treaties requiring nations to view abortion as a human right. General Comment No.36 would allow UN Committees to place considerable pressure on nations with respect to their abortion laws. Congressman Lamborn responded by joining a Congressional comment to the United Nations Human Rights Committee urging them to reconsider and return to the original definition of human rights, which exclude abortion.

Consistently Protecting Life at Every Stage:

Stem Cell Research:
This is a strong political commitment for the Congressman during his time in the Colorado State Senate and now as a Representative for Colorado’s Fifth District. His most recent work in the House of Representatives was to provide support into the investigation and barring of federal dollars going to embryonic stem cells received from aborted fetuses.   He supports ethical stem cell research. 

Adoption:
The Congressman’s work to help preserve the family shows in his support of legislation that ensures support for those seeking adoption.  Congressman Lamborn voted in support of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which delivers tax relief to families and businesses across the country.  The Congressman wrote a letter to Chairman Brady ensuring that the adoption tax credit would remain in the bill to help promote and support adoptions.
The Terminally Ill & Elderly:
The Congressman is devoted to the protection of the lives of those elderly and terminally ill.  He stands strongly against the legalization of physician-assisted suicide.  His support for the Right to Try Act helped send it to the President’s desk.  This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt, from specified requirements and restrictions under that Act and other laws, the provision of certain unapproved, investigational drugs to a terminally ill patient who has exhausted approved treatment options and is unable to participate in a clinical trial involving the drugs.  The Congressman believes that terminally ill patients deserve respect and hope while battling their illnesses. 

The Congressman maintains a lifetime 100% score with National Right to Life and the Family Research Council.

Legislation Congressman Lamborn Supported:

H.R.490 Heartbeat Protection Act

H.Res.914 National Foster Care Month

H.R.2918 Patients First Act

H.R.1865 Allow Victims and States to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act

H.R.4131 No Abortion Bonds Act

H.Res.602 National Adoption Month Resolution

H.R.1192 Dismemberment Abortion Ban

H.R.4660 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act

H.R.4712 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

H.R.5006 Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Acct

H.R.36 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Sponsored Values Legislation

H.R.6086 Protecting Religious Expression Against Censorship and Harassment (PREACH) Act of 2016

H.R.3215 End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2015

H.Res.790 Expressing support for designation of July 2, as the "National Day of Personal Reflection and Repentance"

H. Res.564 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas.

Cosponsored Values Legislation

H.R.4660 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA)

H.R.36 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

H.R.2802 First Amendment Defense Act

H.R.3134 Defund Planned Parenthood Act

H.R.3504 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

H.R.816 Life at Conception Act

H.R.217 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

H.R.369 Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2019

H.R.573 Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2019

H.R.833 Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2019

H.R.490 Heartbeat Protection Act of 2019

H.R.2010 Second Chance at Life Act of 2019

H.R.2507 Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019

H.R.3580 Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2019

H.R.4399 Support And Value Expectant Moms and Babies Act of 2019

H.R.4934 Dignity for Aborted Children Act

H.R.4935 Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2019

H.R.4903 Down Syndrome Discrimination by Abortion Prohibition Act

H.R.5831 Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

H.R.6829 Protecting Life in Crisis Act

H.R.7792 To amend the Small Business Act to prohibit abortion providers from receiving a covered loan under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.