The Record · Indiana
Marlin A. Stutzman
IN-3 · Republican · House
The short version
Marlin A. Stutzman hurt women and families in 9 of the 11 votes we track.
What hurt women and families most
Voted for cutting food stamps by $39 billion.
What it means for herShe's 34, a single mom of two, and works at a grocery store. Her pay is a bit over the usual limit for food stamps, but her state lets her family qualify. In 2013, 44% of SNAP participants were children. This bill would have ended that state option, and her family would have lost its food aid. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2014
Voted for the 2025 law that cut Medicaid.
What it means for herShe's 24, works part-time in Ohio with no insurance from her job, and hopes to have a baby someday. Medicaid pays for about 4 in 10 U.S. births. Starting in 2027 in most states, she must show 80 hours of work a month. If a slow month or a lost form cuts her off, she loses coverage before she is even pregnant. Source: KFF, 2025
Voted for a narrower Violence Against Women Act.
What it means for herShe's 29, and a man she used to date keeps threatening her. More than 1 in 3 U.S. women have faced physical or sexual violence or stalking by a partner. VAWA pays for legal help, housing, and police training. This vote would have passed a narrower version that left out the new protections in the full bill. Source: CDC, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2023/2024
Every vote we track
Hurt women and families9
- Voted yesCutting food stamps by $39 billionWhat it means for herShe's 34, a single mom of two, and works at a grocery store. Her pay is a bit over the usual limit for food stamps, but her state lets her family qualify. In 2013, 44% of SNAP participants were children. This bill would have ended that state option, and her family would have lost its food aid. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2014
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Official title: H.R.3102 — Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, SNAP cuts (House passage, 2013)From the official House roll call (2013–14, Roll Call 476): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted yesThe 2025 law that cut MedicaidWhat it means for herShe's 24, works part-time in Ohio with no insurance from her job, and hopes to have a baby someday. Medicaid pays for about 4 in 10 U.S. births. Starting in 2027 in most states, she must show 80 hours of work a month. If a slow month or a lost form cuts her off, she loses coverage before she is even pregnant. Source: KFF, 2025
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Official title: H.R.1 — 2025 reconciliation, Medicaid cuts (concur in Senate amendment, enacted)From the official House roll call (2025–26, Roll Call 190): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted yesPassing a narrower Violence Against Women ActWhat it means for herShe's 29, and a man she used to date keeps threatening her. More than 1 in 3 U.S. women have faced physical or sexual violence or stalking by a partner. VAWA pays for legal help, housing, and police training. This vote would have passed a narrower version that left out the new protections in the full bill. Source: CDC, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2023/2024
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Official title: S.47 — House Republican substitute narrowing VAWA 2013 (amendment, 2013)From the official House roll call (2013–14, Roll Call 54): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted yesAdding prison time to an existing born-alive lawWhat it means for herShe's 22 weeks pregnant and just learned her baby has a fatal condition. Only 1.1% of U.S. abortions happen at 21 weeks or later. If her baby is born alive after an abortion, this bill would make her doctor send the baby to a hospital right away, even if it cannot survive, or face up to five years in prison. Source: CDC, Abortion Surveillance, 2024
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Official title: H.R.21 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (House passage)From the official House roll call (2025–26, Roll Call 27): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted yesAdding prison time to an existing born-alive lawWhat it means for herShe's 22 weeks pregnant and just learned her baby has a fatal condition. Only 1.1% of U.S. abortions happen at 21 weeks or later. If her baby is born alive after an abortion, this bill would make her doctor send the baby to a hospital right away, even if it cannot survive, or face up to five years in prison. Source: CDC, Abortion Surveillance, 2024
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Official title: H.R.3504 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (House passage, 2015)From the official House roll call (2015–16, Roll Call 506): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted yesA permanent ban on federal money for abortionWhat it means for herShe's 30, self-employed in Illinois, and gets federal help paying for her marketplace plan. Illinois is one of 13 states that require plans like hers to cover abortion. This bill would have kept plans bought with federal help from covering abortion, and made the yearly ban on federal money for abortion permanent. Source: KFF, 2026
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Official title: H.R.7 — No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (House passage, 2015)From the official House roll call (2015–16, Roll Call 45): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted yesA permanent ban on federal money for abortionWhat it means for herShe's 30, self-employed in Illinois, and gets federal help paying for her marketplace plan. Illinois is one of 13 states that require plans like hers to cover abortion. This bill would have kept plans bought with federal help from covering abortion, and made the yearly ban on federal money for abortion permanent. Source: KFF, 2026
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Official title: H.R.7 — No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (House passage, 2014)From the official House roll call (2013–14, Roll Call 30): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted yesCutting child care money to states over rule-breakingWhat it means for herShe's 26, a single mom who works at a nursing home. A state subsidy pays for her son's day care. About 1.3 million children get this help each month. When a state breaks the program's rules, this bill would force extra penalties, which can include cutting off its grant. If her state lost it, she could lose her help. Source: Administration for Children and Families, 2026
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Official title: H.R.7726 — No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act (House passage)From the official House roll call (2025–26, Roll Call 198): voted YEA.official roll call - Voted noThe Violence Against Women ActWhat it means for herShe's Native, lives on her tribe's land, and her husband is not Native. Before this 2013 law, if he beat her, her tribe's courts could not charge him. Almost all Native women who face violence, 97 percent, were hurt by at least one person who is not Native. Source: National Institute of Justice, 2016
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Official title: S.47 (2013) — VAWA Reauthorization (House passage)From the official House roll call (2013–14, Roll Call 55): voted NAY.official roll call
Helped women and families1
- Voted yesRenewing help for trafficking victimsWhat it means for herShe's 16, and a man she met online is selling her for sex. In confirmed U.S. sex trafficking cases, 94% of victims were female. These bills renew or expand federal programs that help victims like her get safe and punish traffickers. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2011
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Official title: S.178 — Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (House passage, 2015)From the official House roll call (2015–16, Roll Call 244): voted YEA.official roll call
Shown for context, not counted1
- Voted yesAn immigration bill named after violence against womenShown for context. It is an immigration bill, so it does not count.
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Official title: H.R.30 — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (House passage)Shown for context, not scored. From the official House roll call (2025–26, Roll Call 17): voted YEA.official roll call
How we count
We wrote down which bills and nominations count, and why, before we scored anyone. A vote counts as hurting women and families when it takes away care, coverage, safety or rights, and as helping when it protects them. A missed vote never counts against anyone. Money and court cases are shown, but never change the grade.