2007-2008 Massachusetts Legislature:
Where your legislator stands on choice

When lobbying in support of a pro-sexual health and reproductive health legislative agenda, Planned Parenthood makes three asks of legislators:  to both co-sponsor and vote in support of our bills, and to vote against harmful legislation.  The purpose of this scorecard is to show the results of these efforts. 

We have made good progress building support for positive bills over the past several legislative sessions, and we look forward to increasing those gains going forward.

Key:

1 = Took action that supports Planned Parenthood's legislative agenda
0 = Did not take action that supports Planned Parenthood's legislative agenda
n/a = Was not in office at the time

Senate

Last
Name
First Name Vote on Buffer Zone bill in 2000 2005 Abstinence-Only Vote (HB 44) *abstinence language defeated on a voice vote in the Senate 2005 EC Law Vote (SB 2073) * Bill passed Senate on a voice vote 2007 Buffer Zone Vote (SB 1353) * Bill passed Senate on a voice vote Buffer Zone Bill Sponsors 2007-2008 Health Ed Bill Sponsors 2007-2008 Total Total Possible Total
Percentage
Antonioni Robert 0       0 0 0 3 0.0
Augustus Edward n/a       1 1 2 2 100.0
Baddour Steven n/a       1 0 1 2 50.0
Berry Frederick 1       0 0 1 3 33.3
Brewer Stephen 1       0 0 1 3 33.3
Brown Scott 1 (in House)       0 0 1 3 33.3
Buoniconti Stephen n/a       1 0 1 2 50.0
Candaras Gale 1 (in House)       1 1 3 3 100.0
Chandler Harriette 1 (in House)       1 1 3 3 100.0
Creedon Robert 0       0 0 0 3 0.0
Creem Cynthia 1       1 1 3 3 100.0
Downing Benjamin n/a n/a n/a   1 1 2 2 100.0
Fargo Susan 1       1 1 3 3 100.0
Galluccio Anthony n/a n/a n/a   n/a n/a      
Hart John 0 (in House)       0 0 0 3 0.0
Hedlund Robert 0       0 0 0 3 0.0
Jehlen Patricia 1 (in House)       1 1 3 3 100.0
Joyce Brian 0       0 1 1 3 33.3
Knapik Michael 0       0 1 1 3 33.3
Marzilli Jim 1 (in House) 1 (in House) 1 (in House) 1 (in House) 1 (in House) 1 (in House) 6 6 100.0
McGee Thomas 1       1 1 3 3 100.0
Menard Joan 1       1 1 3 3 100.0
Montigny Mark 1       1 1 3 3 100.0
Moore Richard 0       0 1 1 3 33.3
Morrissey Michael 0       0 0 0 3 0.0
Murray Therese 1       *Note: Senate President Murray is not asked to cosponsor or vote for bills, given her leadership position. *Note: Senate President Murray is not asked to cosponsor or vote for bills, given her leadership position. 1 1 100.0
O'Leary Robert n/a       1 0 1 2 50.0
Pacheco Mark 1       0 0 1 3 33.3
Panagiotakos Steven 1       0 0 1 3 33.3
Petruccelli Anthony n/a 1 (in House) 1 (in House) 1 1 4 4 100.0
Resor Pamela 1       1 1 3 3 100.0
Rosenberg Stanley 1       1 0 2 3 66.7
Spilka Karen n/a       1 1 2 2 100.0
Tarr Bruce 1       1 0 2 3 66.7
Timility James n/a       1 1 2 2 100.0
Tisei Richard 1       1 1 3 3 100.0
Tolman Steven 1       0 1 2 3 66.7
Tucker Susan 1       1 1 3 3 100.0
Walsh Marian 0       0 0 0 3 0.0
Wilkerson Dianne 1       1 1 3 3 100.0

 



House

Last
Name
First
Name
District Vote on Buffer Zone bill in 2000
(1= voted for bill)
2005 Abstinence-Only Vote
(HB 44) (1=voted against ab-only)
2005 EC Law Vote
(SB 2073) (1=vote for bill)
2007 Buffer Zone Vote
(SB 1353) (1=vote for bill)
Buffer Zone Bill Sponsors 2007-2008 Health Ed Bill Sponsors 2007-2008 Total Total Possible Total Percentage
Aguiar Kevin 7th Bristol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Alicea Geraldo 6th Worcester n/a n/a n/a 1 1 0 2 3 66.7
Allen Willie Mae 6th Suffolk n/a n/a n/a 1 1 1 3 3 100.0
Atkins Cory 14th Middlesex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Atsalis Demetrius 2nd Barnstable 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 6 83.3
Ayers Bruce 1st Norfolk 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 6 33.3
Balser Ruth 12th Middlesex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Barrows Fred 1st Bristol n/a n/a n/a 1 0 0 1 3 33.3
Basile Carlo 1st Suffolk n/a n/a n/a 1 n/a n/a 1 1 100.0
Binienda John 17th Worcester 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 33.3
Bosley Daniel 1st Berkshire 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 6 66.7
Bradley Garrett 3rd Plymouth n/a 1 1 1 1 0 4 5 80.0
Brownsberger Will 24th Middlesex n/a n/a n/a 1 1 1 3 3 100.0
Cabral Antonio 13th Bristol 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 6 83.3
Callahan Jennifer 18th Worcester n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Calter Thomas 12th Plymouth n/a n/a n/a 1 1 0 2 3 66.7
Canavan Christine 10th Plymouth 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Canessa Stephen 12th Bristol n/a 1 1 1 1 0 4 5 80.0
Casey Paul 31st Middlesex n/a 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 40.0
Clark Katherine 32nd Middlesex n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Conroy Tom 13th Middlesex n/a n/a n/a 1 0 1 2 3 66.7
Costello Michael 1st Essex n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Creedon Geraldine 11th Plymouth n/a 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 40.0
Curran Sean 9th Hampden 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 6 50.0
D'Amico Steve 4th Bristol n/a n/a n/a 1 1 1 3 3 100.0
Dean Campbell Linda 15th Essex n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0 1 2 50.0
DeLeo Robert 19th Suffolk n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
DeMacedo Vincent 1st Plymouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 16.7
Dempsey Brian 3rd Essex 0 n/a 1 1 0 0 2 5 40.0
DiMasi Salvatore 3rd Suffolk 1 1 1 1 Note: Speaker DiMasi is not asked to cosponsor or vote for bills due to his leadership position. Note: Speaker DiMasi is not asked to cosponsor or vote for bills due to his leadership position. 4 4 100.0
DiNatale Stephen 3rd Worcester 1 n/a n/a 1 1 1 4 4 100.0
Donato Paul 35th Middlesex n/a 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 20.0
Donelan Christopher 2nd Franklin n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Driscoll Joseph 5th Norfolk n/a 0 1 n/a 0 0 1 4 25.0
Ehrlich Lori 8th Essex n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Eldridge James 37th Middlesex n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Evangelidis Lewis 1st Worcester n/a 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 40.0
Fagan James 3rd Bristol n/a 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 40.0
Fallon Christopher 33rd Middlesex 0 0 n/a 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
Falzone Mark 9th Essex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Fennell Robert 10th Essex n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Fernandes John 10th Worcester 1 n/a n/a 1 0 0 2 4 50.0
Finegold Barry 17th Essex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Flanagan Jennifer 4th Worcester 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Flynn David 8th Plymouth n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Forry Linda Dorcena 12th Suffolk 1 n/a 1 1 1 0 4 5 80.0
Fox Gloria 7th Suffolk n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Fresolo John 16th Worcester 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 16.7
Frost Paul 7th Worcester 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 16.7
Galvin William 6th Norfolk 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 6 50.0
Garballey Sean 23rd Middlesex n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Garry Colleen 36th Middlesex 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 16.7
Gifford Susan 2nd Plymouth 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 33.3
Gobi Anne 5th Worcester n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Golden Thomas 16th Middlesex n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Grant Mary 6th Essex 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 6 83.3
Greene William 22nd Middlesex n/a 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 40.0
Guyer Denis 2nd Berkshire 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 6 83.3
Haddad Patricia 5th Bristol n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Hall Geoffrey 2nd Middlesex n/a 1 1 1 1 0 4 5 80.0
Hargraves Robert 1st Middlesex 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 33.3
Harkins Lida 13th Norfolk 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 6 83.3
Hill Bradford 4th Essex 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 33.3
Honan Kevin 17th Suffolk 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Humason Donald 4th Hampden 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 33.3
Hynes Frank 4th Plymouth n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Jones Bradley 20th Middlesex 1 0 n/a 1 0 0 2 5 40.0
Kafka Louis 8th Norfolk 1 n/a 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Kane Michael 5th Hampden 1 0 1 n/a 0 0 2 5 40.0
Kaprielian Rachel 29th Middlesex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Kaufman Jay 15th Middlesex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Keenan John 7th Essex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Kennedy Thomas 9th Plymouth n/a 1 n/a 1 1 0 3 4 75.0
Khan Kay 11th Middlesex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Kocot Peter 1st Hampshire 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Koczera Robert 11th Bristol n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Koutoujian Peter 10th Middlesex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Kujawski Paul 8th Worcester 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 50.0
Kulik Stephen 1st Franklin 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 6 83.3
Lantigua William 16th Essex 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 50.0
Lepper John 2nd Bristol 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 33.3
Linsky David 5th Middlesex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
L'Italien Barbara 18th Essex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Loscocco Paul 8th Middlesex n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
Malia Elizabeth 11th Suffolk n/a 1 1 n/a 1 1 4 4 100.0
Mariano Ronald 3rd Norfolk 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
McCarthy Allen 7th Plymouth 1 n/a n/a 1 1 1 4 4 100.0
McMurtry Paul 11th Norfolk n/a n/a n/a 1 0 0 1 3 33.3
Miceli James 19th Middlesex 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 16.7
Moran Mike 18th Suffolk n/a n/a 1 1 1 1 4 4 100.0
Murphy Kevin 18th Middlesex 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 6 66.7
Murphy James 4th Norfolk n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Murphy Charles 21st Middlesex 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 6 83.3
Nangle David 17th Middlesex 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 6 50.0
Natale Patrick 30th Middlesex n/a 1 1 1 1 0 4 5 80.0
Naughton Harold 12th Worcester 1 0 1 n/a 0 0 2 5 40.0
Nyman Robert 5th Plymouth 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 6 66.7
O'Day Jim 14th Worcester n/a n/a n/a 1 1 1 3 5 60.0
O'Flaherty Gene 2nd Suffolk 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 16.7
Patrick Matthew 3rd Barnstable n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Peake Sarah 4th Barnstable n/a n/a n/a 1 1 1 3 3 100.0
Pedone Vincent 15th Worcester 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 6 83.3
Peisch Alice 14th Norfolk n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Perry Jeffrey 5th Barnstable n/a 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 20.0
Peterson George 9th Worcester 0 n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
Petrolati Thomas 7th Hampden 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 6 50.0
Pignatelli William "Smitty" 4th Berkshire n/a 0 1 1 1 1 4 5 80.0
Poirier Elizabeth 14th Bristol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
Polito Karyn 11th Worcester n/a 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 40.0
Provost Denise 27th Middlesex n/a n/a n/a 1 1 1 3 3 100.0
Puppolo Angelo 12th Hampden n/a n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Quinn John 9th Bristol 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 33.3
Reinstein Kathi-Anne 16th Suffolk 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 6 83.3
Rice Robert 2nd Worcester n/a n/a n/a 1 0 0 1 3 33.3
Richardson Pam 6th Middlesex n/a n/a n/a 1 1 1 3 3 100.0
Rivera Cheryl 10th Hampden 1 1 1 n/a 1 1 5 5 100.0
Rodrigues Michael 8th Bristol 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 6 50.0
Rogeness Mary 2nd Hampden 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 6 66.7
Rogers John 12th Norfolk 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 6 50.0
Ross Richard 9th Norfolk n/a 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 40.0
Rush Michael 10th Suffolk n/a 0 1 n/a 0 0 1 4 25.0
Rushing Byron 9th Suffolk 1 n/a 1 n/a 0 1 3 4 75.0
Sanchez Jeffrey 15th Suffolk n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Sandlin Rosemary 3rd Hampden n/a n/a n/a 1 1 1 3 3 100.0
Sannicandro Thomas 7th Middlesex n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Scaccia Angelo 14th Suffolk n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
Scibak John 2nd Hampshire n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Sciortino Carl 34th Middlesex n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Smith Stephen 28th Middlesex n/a n/a n/a 1 0 0 1 3 33.3
Smizik Frank 15th Norfolk n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Smola Todd 1st Hampden n/a 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 20.0
Speliotis Theodore 13th Essex 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 6 83.3
Spellane Robert 13th Worcester n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Speranzo Christopher 3rd Berkshire n/a n/a 1 1 1 0 3 4 75.0
Spiliotis Joyce 12th Essex n/a 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 40.0
St. Fleur Marie 5th Suffolk 1 n/a 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Stanley Tom 9th Middlesex n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Stanley Harriett 2nd Essex 1 n/a 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Story Ellen 3rd Hampshire 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Straus William 10th Bristol 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 6 66.7
Sullivan David 6th Bristol 0 1 1 n/a 0 0 2 5 40.0
Swan Benjamin 11th Hampden 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Timilty Walter 7th Norfolk 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 6 50.0
Tobin Stephen 2nd Norfolk 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 16.7
Toomey Timothy 26th Middlesex 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 6 66.7
Torrisi David 14th Essex 1 n/a 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Turkington Eric Cape and Islands 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 6 66.7
Turner Cleon 1st Barnstable n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Vallee James 10th Norfolk 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 6 83.3
Verga Anthony 5th Essex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0
Wagner Joseph 8th Hampden 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 6 66.7
Wallace Brian 4th Suffolk n/a 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 20.0
Walrath Patricia 3rd Middlesex 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 6 66.7
Walsh Martin 13th Suffolk n/a 0 1 1 0 1 3 5 60.0
Walsh Steven 11th Essex 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 6 83.3
Walz Marty 8th Suffolk n/a 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 100.0
Webster Daniel 6th Plymouth n/a 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 20.0
Welch James 6th Hampden n/a 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 60.0
Wolf Alice 25th Middlesex 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 100.0

 

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