The Record · Nebraska
NE-1 · Republican · House
Mike Flood hurt women and families in 9 of the 13 votes we track.
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 adding prison time for health workers to a born-alive law that already exists.
What 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
Voted against protecting the right to birth control.
What it means for herShe's 19 and on the pill. Her right to birth control rests on Supreme Court rulings from 1965 and 1972. When the Court ended Roe in 2022, one justice wrote that it should rethink the 1965 ruling. This bill would have made birth control a right under federal law. Source: Dobbs v. Jackson, 2022, Thomas concurrence
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.
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