Since 1974 (54 years), you have trusted us to tell you the truth about candidates positions on abortion – even when the truth made you angry. As our democracy is imploding and the war on women rages, we implore you to stand with us. If you care about women and families, and abortion rights remains a litmus test for you, please continue reading because it is imperative that we defeat Mike Lawler.
Lawler, who represents NYS Congressional District 17 (CD-17) [all of Rockland and Putnam, the northern one third of Westchester, and a small part of Dutchess] has the worst congressional record, bar none, of any Republican or Democrat ever elected to represent this district.
He’s also a liar and NOT a “moderate.” Mike Lawler has voted 100% with Donald Trump when it really mattered.
Mike Lawler has launched endless attacks on reproductive health care as a NYS Assemblyman and as a Congressman. He has voted over 13 times against abortion rights!
In the NYS Assembly, MAGA Mike:
- Voted AGAINST the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) which broadens anti-discrimination protections to include abortion and other pregnancy outcomes.
- Voted AGAINST the “SHIELD” Initiative which gives legal protection to reproductive healthcare providers who provide abortion care to patients residing in states where those services are illegal.
In Congress, MAGA Mike:
- Voted FOR defunding Planned Parenthood. NYS Planned Parenthood clinics rely on this funding to provide a wide array of non-abortion services (STI testing and treatment, cancer screenings, etc.) to 200,000+ patients annually – over 50% of whom rely on Medicaid coverage. Lawler’s vote stripped health care and insurance from New Yorkers and the 2M+ patients who visit Planned Parenthood’s 600 nation-wide clinics.
- Voted FOR barring abortion coverage within specific health insurance plans, and for raising healthcare costs. This bars funding from being allocated to health insurance plans which cover abortion, not just for the coverage of the procedure.
- Voted FOR barring states from restricting federal funds to FAKE ABORTION CLINICS linked to misinformation.
Lawler financially and legislatively supports fake clinic Care Net, an evangelical Christian organization that operates crisis pregnancy centers, including one in Rockland County. - Voted AGAINST five bills after the overturning of Roe including the Women’s Health Protection Act and Ensuring Access to Abortion Act. The five bills included shielding doctors from misconduct charges for out-of-state reproductive care, protecting malpractice coverage, blocking out-of-state cooperation on abortion related legal cases, and funding a study on fake abortion clinics.
- Voted FOR a NATIONAL ABORTION BAN prohibiting the VA from providing abortion care or counseling to veterans and their families.
- Voted first FOR a NATIONAL ABORTION BAN amendment prohibiting the DOD from paying for or reimbursing abortion-related expenses, then Voted FOR the defense appropriations bill carrying the ban.
- Voted to BLOCK floor consideration of the Women’s Health Protection Act.
- Voted to REPEAL the Pentagon’s policy reimbursing service members’ travel costs for abortion care.
MAGA Mike Lawler was the deciding vote to pass the Big Beautifut Bill (H.R. 1). He abandoned his constituents, instead supporting permanent tax breaks for Billionaires. If Lawler had voted “NO”, the bill would have failed. Lawler is responsible for the devastation he has caused.
Nationally, MAGA Mike Lawler’s harmful vote:
- Defunds Planned Parenthood clinics resulting in over 2 million people losing health care including cancer screening.
- Strips 17+ million of health care nationwide, including 1.7+ million New Yorkers, as part of $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts nationwide. (One in five Americans is on Medicaid.)
- Takes food away from at least 3.5 million people nationwide who lost federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (SNAP). Lawler’s vote slashed SNAP support to less than $5 per day.
- Rips food assistance away from 270,000 children aging out of foster care, veterans, and the homeless.
- Increases healthcare costs for more than 1 million Medicare enrollees.
- Imposes new out-of-pocket costs on Medicaid enrollees.
For CD-17 and NYS, MAGA Lawler’s vote:
• Strips 60,000+ CD-17 residents of SNAP [Children (49%), Older Adults (14%) or Disabled Adults (4%)]. 127,000New Yorkers (one in seven) rely on SNAP with 300,000+ NY households expected to suffer.
- Forces 39,925 CD-17 residents to lose healthcare coverage (Medicaid and Essential Plan)
- Cost nearly 450,000 New Yorkers to lose their health insurance coverage on July 1, 2026.
- Makes tax cuts for Billionaires permanent while tax cuts for SALT, tips and overtime expire after four years. [And please don’t forget that the strict cap on the SALT deduction was imposed in Trump’s first term targeting NY taxpayers and would have expired in December 2026. Instead, it’s become another Lawler 2026 election ploy.]
Also under Mike Lawler’s watch:
•The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) terminated more than $26 million in clean energy funding for projects in CD. 17 in October 2025. This decimated our clean energy economy, tearing up solar and wind projects, repealing tax credits, and eliminating key climate protections. In New York alone, household energy bills will rise by $1.3 billion annually by 2030, $2.5 billion by 2035, and $12 billion over the life of the bill. [Reminder: Lawler was a Lobbyist and Executive Director for New Yorkers for Affordable Energy and 17 Forward 86, groups backed by fossil-fuel and utility interests.]
Thanks for reading. We hope you have a clear picture of Mike Lawler’s litany of Anti-Choice, Anti-Woman, Anti-Family attacks. If you’re as concerned about women’s civil rights and our democracy as we are, Vote for Cait Conley!