¶ Overview
- De La Cruz, who celebrated the overturning of Roe V. Wade, opposed abortions even in cases of rape and incest. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Texas enforced a near-total abortion ban that has resulted in women being hospitalized for serious infections at a higher rate and at least two women dying after experiencing miscarriages. She believed life begins at conception and also tried to hide her extreme anti-choice views, by gradually scrubbing them from her website between 2020 and 2024.
¶ De La Cruz Was An Anti-Choice Extremist Who Opposed Exceptions For Rape And Incest
¶ de la cruz called the overturning of roe v. wade a “victory”
De La Cruz Celebrated The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade.
[Twitter, @monica4congress, 6/24/22]
De La Cruz Celebrated The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade And Called The Decision A “Victory For The Pro-Life Movement.”
[Press Release – Monica De La Cruz, 6/24/22 via archive.org]
- HEADLINE: “Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade, Ending Right To Abortion Upheld For Decades” [National Public Radio, 6/24/22]
¶ Texas’ Total Abortion Ban Went Into Effect After Roe V. Wade Was Overturned
HEADLINE: “13 States Have Passed So-Called ‘Trigger Laws,’ Bans Designed To Go Into Effect If Roe V. Wade Is Overturned” [CNN, 5/3/22]
After Roe V. Wade Was Overturned, Texas’ Trigger Law Went Into Effect, Which Ban’s Abortion In All Cases Except When The Life Or The Health Of The Mother Is At Risk. According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, "Texas’s trigger ban, which criminalizes abortion, took effect on August 25, 2022,6 following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.7 The trigger ban’s only exception is for situations in which the life or health of the patient is at risk.8In 2025, the state clarified this exception by defining ‘life-threatening’ condition and specifying that the exception did not have to be ‘imminent’ to apply.9 Because abortion is now a crime in Texas, other criminal laws, including solicitation, aiding, attempt, and conspiracy, could apply to abortion.10 In 2023, the state created limited affirmative defenses to civil claims brought against physicians and pharmacists and prohibited professional licensing boards from disciplining physicians for treating ectopic pregnancies or providing miscarriage management;11 however, the affirmative defenses were repealed in 2025." [Center for Reproductive Rights, Viewed 5/8/26]
The Rate Of Sepsis For Women Hospitalized When They Lost Their Pregnancies In The Second Trimester Increased More Than 50 Percent After Texas Banned Abortion. According to ProPublica via Texas Tribune, "Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found. The surge in this life-threatening condition, caused by infection, was most pronounced for patients whose fetus may still have had a heartbeat when they arrived at the hospital." [ProPublica via Texas Tribune, 2/20/25]
At Least Two Women Who Were Experiencing Miscarriages Have Died In Texas Since Its Abortion Ban Went Into Effect. According to the Texas Tribune, "Barnica is one of at least two Texas women who ProPublica found lost their lives after doctors delayed treating miscarriages, which fall into a gray area under the state’s strict abortion laws that prohibit doctors from ending the heartbeat of a fetus. Neither had wanted an abortion, but that didn’t matter. Though proponents insist that the laws protect both the life of the fetus and the person carrying it, in practice, doctors have hesitated to provide care under threat of prosecution, prison time and professional ruin. ProPublica is telling these women’s stories this week, starting with Barnica’s. Her death was ‘preventable,’ according to more than a dozen medical experts who reviewed a summary of her hospital and autopsy records at ProPublica’s request; they called her case ‘horrific,’ ‘astounding’ and ‘egregious.’" [Texas Tribune, 10/30/24]
¶ De La Cruz Opposed THE RIGHT TO choose In ALL CASES EXCEPT TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER
De La Cruz Believed “You Absolutely Cannot Be Christian And Support Abortion.”
[Twitter, @monica4congress, 5/22/22]
De La Cruz Believed There Should Only Be Abortion Exceptions To Save The Life Of The Mother.
[iVoterGuide Survey, 2020 Congressional Primary, Monica De La Cruz, 2020]
De La Cruz Believed Life Began At Conception.
[iVoterGuide Survey, 2020 Congressional Primary, Monica De La Cruz, 2020]
¶ from 2020 to 2024, de la cruz gradually scrubbed the abortion section from her campaign website
HEADLINE: "This GOP Rep.’s Anti-Abortion Stances Keep Vanishing From Her Website" [Daily Beast, 1/18/24]
Daily Beast: "Across Three Election Cycles Since 2020, De La Cruz Appears To Have Gradually Scrubbed Abortion-Related Content From Her Online Platform, Making The Language More Ambiguous And Less Prominent Until It Disappeared.” According to the Daily Beast, "Across three election cycles since 2020, De La Cruz appears to have gradually scrubbed abortion-related content from her online platform, making the language more ambiguous and less prominent until it disappeared, according to a Daily Beast review of internet archives." [Daily Beast, 1/18/24]
In 2020, De La Cruz’s Campaign Website Expressed That She Believed Life Began At Conception And That She Would “Always Support The Sanctity Of Life.” According to the Daily Beast, "In 2020, Monica De La Cruz was, like most Republican candidates for office, a vocal opponent of abortion rights. Campaigning for a swing U.S. House seat in south Texas that year, De La Cruz proclaimed her belief that human life begins at conception. On her campaign website’s issues page, ‘Pro-Life’ was listed at the top. ‘As your Congresswoman I promise to fight for each and every soul and to always support the sanctity of life,’ she wrote." [Daily Beast, 1/18/24]
February 2022: De La Cruz’s Campaign Website No Longer Listed “Pro-Life” As An Issue And Replace The Section With “Constitutional Values,” Where She Vaguely Promised To Fight For The “Right To Life.” According to the Daily Beast, "By February 2022, for instance, ‘Pro-Life’ was no longer a listed issue on her campaign site. It was replaced instead by a ‘Constitutional Values’ section where she vaguely promised to fight for ‘the Right to Life,’ along with vowing to ‘stand strong for our Second Amendment’ and ensure ‘true Freedom of Speech is protected.’" [Daily Beast, 1/18/24]
2024: De La Cruz’s Campaign Website Did Not Mention Abortion At All. According to the Daily Beast, "Now, four years later, De La Cruz is an incumbent congresswoman running to keep her seat in a competitive race. But on her campaign website, you won’t find her absolutist anti-abortion position. In fact, you won’t find any mention of abortion anywhere on De La Cruz’s website at all." [Daily Beast, 1/18/24]
¶ 2022: susan b. anthony PRO-LIFE AMERICA ENDORSED monica de la cruz
1/14/22: Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (FKA Susan B. Anthony List) Endorsed De La Cruz For Congress. According to a press release from Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund, "Today Susan B. Anthony List’s Candidate Fund PAC announced its endorsement of Monica De La Cruz (R) for Congress in Texas’ 15th District. ‘Monica De La Cruz will bring principled pro-life, pro-woman leadership to Washington and we are proud to endorse her,’ said Hon. Marilyn Musgrave, SBA List’s vice president of government affairs. ‘Monica has shown a drive for leadership from a young age. Her strong pro-life values are deeply rooted in her upbringing as a grandchild of immigrants in South Texas, and she understands the importance of creating a culture of life in the law and through serving the needs of families. The people of South Texas deserve better than the failed policies and extremism of the Biden-Pelosi Democrats, who back abortion on demand up to birth, funded by hardworking taxpayers. De La Cruz will stand up to the radical abortion lobby for Texans and we encourage all voters in the 15th District to support her in the primary election on March 1.’" [Press Release – Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund, 1/14/22]
- Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Is The “Political Arm Of The Pro-Life Movement.” According to Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, "Marjorie Dannenfelser and a group of pro-life women founded Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America in 1992 as the political arm of the pro-life movement. Named after the influential suffragette who also fiercely opposed abortion, SBA Pro-Life America seeks to embody the courageous spirit of our namesake through our leadership of the pro-life movement. Since our founding, SBA Pro-Life America has grown into a nationwide network of more than 1,000,000 Americans committed to serving women and saving babies. Our full family of organizations is united in the singular mission of saving innocent and vulnerable human life. We work cooperatively to meet the pro-life movement’s need to maximize election outcomes, and to enhance policy research and education for policymakers and the public." [Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, About, Viewed 1/7/26]