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Fully KeptAbortion / Reproductive Rights

Cortez Masto pledged that if Republicans try to force through a federal abortion ban, she will block it: "When Republicans try to force through a federal abortion ban, I'm going to stop it."

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 70%

All three cited PRIMARY sources (Senate.gov) are reachable and each supports the FULL outcome for this promise; every quoted statement was verified verbatim on the page. Source 1 (rosen.senate.gov, 2023-03-08) confirms Cortez Masto co-introduced the Women's Health Protection Act to protect abortion access nationwide, with the quote "I stand with the majority of Nevadans and Americans who are pro-choice, and I will never stop fighting to ensure women can make their own health care decisions" present. Source 2 confirms she led the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act and opposed Republican abortion restrictions (Republicans blocked it), with her quote present. Source 3 confirms a Senate-floor speech calling out the Trump administration and congressional Republicans for building a "backdoor national abortion ban," with the cited text present. Together these document consistent, active, unwavering opposition to a federal abortion ban exactly as pledged, and no federal ban has been enacted during her tenure. FULL is correctly assigned and not overstated: the rating properly declines CHAMPIONED because the sources show leadership of defensive/protective legislation rather than leading the block of a discrete ban that was forced to a decisive vote (no such ban reached the floor). The 0.7 confidence reflects that the exact triggering scenario she pledged to "stop" has not yet been fully tested, though her conduct fully honors the pledge.

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