118th Congress Sen. Budd has stood up against the extremist nominees of the pro-abortion Biden-Harris administration, and against pro-abortion action both in the administration and through legislation advanced by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Sen. Budd has voted consistently to defend the lives of the unborn and infants. This includes stopping hard-earned tax dollars from paying for abortion, including abortion travel expenses, whether domestically or internationally, and pushing back on the administration’s extreme abortion executive actions.

Sen. Budd introduced the Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act of 2023 (S. 959), which would require abortion providers to notify the National Human Trafficking Hotline if they have reasonable suspicion that an abortion client is a victim of trafficking. He introduced an amendment to a bill to stop taxpayer funding of pro-abortion trainings. Sen. Budd called out the Department of Veterans Affairs’ illegal policy that uses taxpayer dollars to fund abortion. Sen. Budd also spoke on the Senate floor opposing legislation that would allow abortion on demand in pro-life states. In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, in a speech on the Senate floor, and in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Sen. Budd pressed the Department of Defense to rescind its illegal and immoral abortion travel policy. During a hearing, he brought attention to the scientific fact that unborn children can feel pain in the womb during an abortion, maybe even as early as 12 weeks gestation.