Ten Times JD Sheffield Publicly Opposed Stopping Late-Term Abortions

Liberal Republican incumbent J.D. Sheffield is running for re-election with the audacity to call himself Pro-Life. Fake Pro-Life groups are spending thousands of dollars in deceptive mailers and newspaper ads, extolling Sheffield’s non-existent Pro-Life virtues.

Texas Right to Life has endorsed Sheffield’s Pro-Life, conservative challenger Chris Evans, who is running to expose Sheffield’s shocking and long anti-Life voting record.

Sheffield, the liberal, Austin political establishment and their fake Pro-Life groups have been denying the fact that J.D. Sheffield has voted for or publicly argued in favor of late-term abortions (at least) 10 times.

Below are details of these ten votes that Sheffield has taken in favor of late-term abortions. All of this information can be verified on the official website of the Texas legislature.

1. Record Vote #1, Amendment 1, HB 2 (2^nd Special Session), 2013
   • Amendment by Senfronia Thompson (D) to add loopholes to the prohibition on abortions after 20 weeks if the woman was a victim of rape or incest.
   • Sheffield voted no on the motion to table (kill) the pro-abortion amendment.
2. Record Vote #4, Amendment 2, HB 2 (2^nd Special Session), 2013
   • Amendment by Sarah Davis (the only openly Pro-Abortion Republican in the Texas House) to add loopholes to the prohibition on abortions after 20 weeks if the abortionist thinks the woman is at risk of causing self-harm or suicide.
   • Sheffield voted no on the motion to table (kill) the pro-abortion amendment.
3. Record Vote #7, Amendment 7, HB 2 (2^nd Special Session), 2013
   • Amendment by Rafael Anchia (D) to widen the life-of-the-mother exception for late abortion by adding cases in which the pregnancy may cause “serious harm to the woman’s health.”
   • Sheffield voted no on the motion to table (kill) the pro-abortion amendment.
4. Record Vote #11, Amendment 11, HB 2 (2^nd Special Session), 2013
   • Amendment by José Menendez (D) to add a vague loopholes to the prohibition on abortions after 20-weeks.
   • Sheffield voted no on motion to table/kill the pro-abortion amendment.
5. Record Vote #12, Amendment 12, HB 2 (2^nd Special Session), 2013
   • Amendment by Ruth McClendon (D) to weaken the prohibition on abortions after 20 weeks if a minor claims she was not given adequate sex education.
   • Sheffield voted no on the motion to table (kill) the pro-abortion amendment.
6. Record Vote #32, Amendment 2, SB 5 (1^st special session), 2013
   • Amendment by Senfronia Thompson (D) to weaken the prohibition on abortions after 20-weeks if the woman was a victim of rape or incest.
   • Sheffield voted no on the motion to table (kill) the pro-abortion amendment.
7. Record Vote #371, Amendment 18, HB 2510, 2015
   • Amendment by Matt Schaefer (R) to close an anti-Life loophole in Texas law that fails to protect unborn children with a fetal abnormality from abortion after 20 weeks.
   • Sheffield voted yes on the motion to table (kill) the Pro-Life amendment.
8. Record Vote #372, Amendment 18, HB 2510, 2015
   • Amendment by Matt Schaefer (R) to close an anti-Life loophole in Texas law that fails to protect unborn children with a fetal abnormality from abortion after 20 weeks.
   • Sheffield voted against the adoption of the Schaefer amendment to close fetal abnormality loophole.
9. Sheffield publicly spoke against Pro-Life Amendment 18 to HB 2510 in the 2015 84^th Session of the Legislature.
   • His speech starts at 4:13:58 on this video on the official website of the Texas Legislature: http://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=38&clip_id=10876
   • The video is also featured on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iicxDxrC5Xg&t=3s
   • In the speech, Sheffield claims that abortion may be the best way for children with disabilities to be “dealt with,” and he acknowledges his belief in the “right to choose.”
   • A public speech against a Pro-Life vote equals an anti-Life vote on our Pro-Life scorecard.
10. Record Vote #1391, Amendment 22, SB 8, 2017, unexcused absence.
    • Amendment by Matt Schaefer (R) to close an anti-Life loophole in Texas law that does not protect unborn children with a fetal abnormality from abortion after 20 weeks. This amendment was identical to the Schaefer amendment to HB 2510 in 2015.
    • Sheffield registered an unexcused absence for the vote on this Pro-Life amendment, which he had opposed twice in 2015 and spoke adamantly against on the house floor.