Defending Life
Defend life and advance pro-life policy.
Occurrences
Defending Life
Evidence
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Onder campaign issues page lists 'Defending Life' and says he authored SB1/SB5 and helped author HB 126, which it describes as pro-life legislation.
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For U.S. Representative District 9 Republican primary, Bob Onder received 15,752 votes, 29.0%; Blaine Luetkemeyer received 21,543 votes, 39.7%.
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Missouri Senate bill page for SB 5 says the bill 'Modifies several provisions relating to abortion' and lists last action as '7/26/2017 - Signed by Governor.' The summary includes abortion-facility inspections, whistleblower protections, tissue reports, and preemption provisions.
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H.R. 21 is titled the 'Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act' and would require health care practitioners to preserve the life and health of a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion; the engrossed bill states it 'Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 2025.'
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House Roll Call 27 on H.R. 21, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, had status 'Passed' by 217 yea to 204 nay; the roll call lists 'Onder Republican Missouri MO Yea.'
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House Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, had status 'Passed' by 218 aye to 214 no; the roll call lists 'Onder Republican Missouri MO Aye.'
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Public Law 119-21 defines covered entities as certain tax-exempt essential community providers primarily engaged in family planning, reproductive health, and related care that provide abortions except for rape, incest, or life-endangering physical conditions, and provides implementation funding for the section.
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Public Law 119-21, section 71113, bars federal Medicaid funds from being used for payments to a prohibited entity for items and services furnished during the 1-year period beginning on enactment; the definition includes certain tax-exempt essential community providers primarily engaged in family planning or reproductive health care that provide abortions, with specified rape, incest, and life-endangerment exceptions.
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House Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1 recorded passage on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment, 218 Aye to 214 No. The vote list records Onder, Republican, Missouri, as Aye.
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 1 as became Public Law No. 119-21 on July 4, 2025, with House resolving-differences action on July 3, 2025 by recorded vote 218-214, Roll no. 190.
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Congress.gov identifies H.R. 21 as the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, shows the bill status as Passed House, and lists Rep. Onder, Robert [R-MO-3] as a cosponsor dated January 9, 2025. Latest action was Senate referral to the Judiciary Committee on January 24, 2025.
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House Roll Call 27 on H.R. 21, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, recorded passage, 217 yea to 204 nay. The vote list records Onder, Republican, Missouri, as Yea.
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For the 2008 Republican primary for U.S. Representative District 9, Bob Onder received 15,752 votes, 29.0%, while Blaine Luetkemeyer received 21,543 votes, 39.7%.
Assessments
Onder lost the 2008 Republican primary, so there was no same-term federal House tenure in which to fulfill the promise. In later federal service, he voted for final House passage of H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21 and included a one-year Medicaid funding restriction for certain abortion-providing entities. That is a concrete enacted federal pro-life policy and is sufficiently tied to his later congressional vote to count as delivered with later_term timing.
Onder lost the 2008 federal primary, so there was no same-term House tenure for delivery. However, in later federal service he voted for final passage of H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21 and included a Medicaid-related funding restriction for certain abortion-providing entities. Given the broad promise to defend life and advance pro-life policy, that later federal vote provides sufficient candidate-linked delivery. Additional House passage of the Born-Alive bill and earlier Missouri abortion legislation support a sustained pro-life policy record but are not needed for same-term credit.