116th Congress

Rep. Xochitl Torres Small(former)

NM-02 (Democrat)

SBA Rating:

F

Rep. Xochitl Torres Small(former)

NM-02 (Democrat)

Representative Torres Small has consistently voted against efforts to protect the lives of the unborn as well as the consciences of taxpayers who don’t want their hard-earned tax dollars paying for abortion domestically or internationally. Rep. Torres Small has worked to prevent the implementation of the Trump administration’s pro-life regulatory efforts.

Scored Votes

Date Vote Score
01/03/2019

H.R. 21, the Consolidated Appropriations Act

Would overturn Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA). Overturning this policy would force taxpayer funding for international NGOs who promote or perform abortion. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
01/03/2019

Procedural vote on H.R. 21, the Consolidated Appropriations Act

To restore Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA). SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
05/17/2019

H.R. 5, the Equality Act

Would put abortion on equal standing as pregnancy, stipulating that any attempt to withhold abortion services constitutes discrimination. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
05/17/2019

Cole Amendment #1 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act

Would amend the House Labor Health and Human Services appropriations text to restore the Trump administration’s conscience protection rule. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
06/12/2019

Roby Amendment #9 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act

Would amend the House Labor Health and Human Services appropriations text to restore the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule (Title X). SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
06/13/2019

Pocan Amendment #1 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act

Would amend the House Labor Health and Human Services appropriations text to block the Trump administration’s protections against taxpayer funding for research involving organs and tissue from aborted babies. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
06/18/2019

Lesko Amendment #78 to H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act

Would amend the State, Foreign Operations appropriations text to stop an increase in funds to international population control, which includes US-based groups that promote abortion overseas. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
06/19/2019

H.R. 2740, the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations Act

Minibus would overturn the President’s Protect Life Rule, Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance, Conscience Protections, and pro-life policy on fetal tissue research, as well as increasing foreign aid for US-based groups that promote abortion overseas, etc. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
06/26/2019

H.R. 3351, the Financial Services Appropriations Act

Would gut the longstanding D.C. Hyde (Dornan) amendment and allow taxpayer funded abortion in Washington, D.C. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
04/02/2019

Discharge Petition on H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

This procedural effort to force a vote on the bill is being treated as a vote because Speaker Pelosi refuses to allow a vote on the underlying bill. If a majority of the House signed the discharge petition, she would have to allow the vote. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTS ROLL CALLREAD MORE
01/10/2020

Vote to amend H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act

Would recognize the unborn as a class of potentially vulnerable populations. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
02/13/2020

H.J.Res. 79, Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment

Would revive the ratification process for the long-expired Equal Rights Amendment – an amendment that has been interpreted by courts as installing a sweeping legal mandate for abortion on demand, funded with taxpayer dollars, into the United States Constitution. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
02/28/2020

Vote to amend H.R. 2339, the Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act

Would amend a health-related bill by including the text of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
05/15/2020

H.R. 6800, the Heroes Act

Would provide pandemic-related bailouts including funding abortion providers and health insurance plans that include elective abortion. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
06/26/2020

H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admission Act

Would admit the federal District of Columbia as the 51st state. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
06/29/2020

H.R. 1425, the State Health Care Premium Reduction Act

Would amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act while increasing abortion funding through Obamacare. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
07/24/2020

H.R. 7608, the State and Foreign Operations, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021

Would weaken pro-life protections and eliminate pro-life regulations funded through the State and Foreign Operations and Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs bills. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
07/31/2020

H.R. 7617, the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Financial Services Appropriations Act, 2021

Would weaken pro-life protections and eliminate pro-life regulations funded through the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Financial Services bills. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
10/01/2020

House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 925, the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act (aka the HEROES Act)

Would use coronavirus relief funds to keep Planned Parenthood afloat, and seeks to undermine pro-life protections using expansive language. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE
10/02/2020

H. Res. 1153, Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent

Resolves that Congress believes in the right of everyone to make reproductive choices about their own bodies, a euphemism for abortion access. SBA Pro-Life America OPPOSED ROLL CALLREAD MORE

Tracked Activity: Bills Cosponsored & Letters Cosigned

As of January, 2022

Date Vote Score
09/19/2019

H.R. 4399, the Support and Value Expectant Moms and Babies Act

Would prohibit the FDA from approving mail-order do-it-yourself abortions. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSPONSORSHIP READ MORE
01/17/2019

H.R. 20, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act

Would codify the Hyde amendment, ensuring that no federal funds could be used for abortions or to subsidize health plans that include abortion coverage. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSPONSORSHIP READ MORE
01/24/2019

H.R. 784, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Would protect unborn children halfway through pregnancy based on their ability to feel excruciating pain. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSPONSORSHIP READ MORE
01/18/2019

Letter to President Donald J. Trump

Requesting his veto threat for any bill that weakens pro-life policies or laws. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSIGNING READ MORE
04/14/2020

Letter opposing funding for fetal tissue research

Encourages the president to stand strong against unethical science that uses aborted fetal tissue, and to instead continue to fund better, ethical alternatives. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSIGNING READ MORE
04/14/2020

Bicameral letter regarding chemical abortion restrictions

Encourages FDA Commissioner to uphold restrictions on the dispensing of chemical abortion put in place for the safety of women. SBA Pro-Life America SUPPORTED COSIGNING READ MORE