defend our personal freedoms
If elected, she will defend personal freedoms.
Occurrences
Evidence
"When elected, she will fight to lower costs, protect the benefits that Michiganders paid into and earned over a lifetime of work, and defend our personal freedoms."
Bills and resolutions cosponsored: "Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 4611)"; "limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (see H.R. 12)"; "prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (see H.R. 4099)".
Bills and resolutions cosponsored: "Abortion: prohibit interference, under color of State law, with provision of interstate abortion services (see H.R. 8297)"; and other abortion-related measures.
Vote Question: "Table Motion to Reconsider"; Bill: "Equality Act"; Status: Passed. Representative Stevens is listed among the Yeas on the roll call.
Vote Question: "On Motion to Recommit"; Bill: "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act"; Status: Failed; Representative Stevens is listed as Yea.
Stevens said, "In Congress, I will work with advocates to pass the Equality Act and ensure the LGBTQ community is protected."
Assessments
The promise is broad and values-based: to defend personal freedoms. Stevens took clear same-term legislative actions aligned with that promise, including cosponsoring abortion-rights bills, voting against an anti-abortion measure, and voting to advance the Equality Act. However, the evidence does not show a completed, durable policy outcome attributable to her that fully delivers the broad promise, so this is best rated partial rather than delivered.