Defend life and advance pro-life policy.

Defending Life

The campaign site lists defending life among Dr. Bob Onder's priorities.

Dr. Bob Onder for Congress
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Defending Life

The campaign issues page lists defending life as one of Onder's priorities, tied to his past work on abortion clinic regulations, pregnancy care centers, and Missouri's heartbeat bill.

Dr. Bob Onder for Congress
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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.

Campaign material establishes that Onder campaigned on and publicly emphasized defending life/pro-life policy, including citing prior anti-abortion legislative work.

unresolved unknown

Dr. Bob Onder for Congress
campaign · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

For U.S. Representative District 9 Republican primary, Bob Onder received 15,752 votes, 29.0%; Blaine Luetkemeyer received 21,543 votes, 39.7%.

Onder lost the 2008 Republican primary for Missouri's 9th congressional district, so he had no same-term federal House tenure in which to fulfill this federal campaign promise.

never same_term

All Races for the August 2008 Primary
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

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.

In later state service, pro-life abortion-regulation legislation associated with Onder's campaign record was enacted into Missouri law, supporting later fulfillment of the broad pro-life policy promise outside the original federal term.

delivered later_term

SB5 - Modifies several provisions relating to abortion
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

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.'

The House advanced a federal pro-life bill during Onder's later federal service, but this source alone shows House passage rather than final enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R. 21 Engrossed in House - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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.'

Onder voted for House passage of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a concrete later-term federal action advancing pro-life policy, though not proof of final enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 27 | Bill Number: H.R. 21
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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.'

Onder voted for final House concurrence on H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21 and included a Medicaid funding restriction affecting certain abortion-providing entities.

delivered later_term

Roll Call 190 | Bill Number: H.R. 1
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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.

The enacted federal law contains a provision restricting Medicaid-related funding for certain providers that perform abortions, giving later-term federal delivery evidence for advancing pro-life policy after Onder entered Congress.

delivered later_term

Public Law 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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.

The enacted federal law delivered a concrete, time-limited pro-life policy by restricting Medicaid payments to certain abortion-providing entities from July 4, 2025 through July 4, 2026. The sunset fell inside the lookback window but was part of the enacted policy rather than a later reversal.

delivered later_term

Public Law 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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.

Onder personally voted for final House action on H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21 and included the one-year Medicaid funding restriction for certain abortion-providing entities.

delivered later_term

Roll Call 190 | Bill Number: H.R. 1
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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.

Congress.gov confirms the H.R. 1 vote Onder supported resulted in enacted law, linking the candidate vote to final federal delivery rather than only an attempted measure.

delivered later_term

All Info - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026)
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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.

Onder cosponsored a federal pro-life bill that passed the House but had not become law, supporting serious later-term effort and partial progress.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.21 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
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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.

Onder voted for House passage of the Born-Alive bill, a concrete later-term action advancing pro-life policy, though the bill remained short of enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 27 | Bill Number: H.R. 21
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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%.

Onder lost the 2008 federal primary, so there was no same-term House service in which to deliver the federal campaign promise; later House service provides the delivery evidence.

never same_term

All Races for the August 2008 Primary
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%