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In 2013, Representative Nordgren voted to establish health care standards for [[abortion]] facilities in Alabama. The next year she co-sponsored the prohibition of abortion after the detection of the heartbeat of the unborn child. She voted to permit display of the [[Ten Commandments]] on public property, a measure which passed the House, 77-19. In 2014, she voted to require drug testing for certain recipients of the public welfare system. In 2015, Nordgren sponsored legislation affirming the use of electrocution in executions. She voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. She opposed the bill to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure nevertheless approved by the full House, 52-43. She opposed the increase in the cigarette tax, which nevertheless passed the House, 52-46. In 2016, Nordgren co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and she opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. She voted against additional funding for new prison facilities, a measure which passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, she voted to authorize midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84-11. She voted to reduce the time for appeals from inmates on death row. She voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic monuments, which passed 72-29. She voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, which passed the House, 78-19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/27464/becky-nordgren#.WevD7bpFzb0|title=Becky Nordgren's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>

In 2013, Representative Nordgren voted to establish health care standards for [[abortion]] facilities in Alabama. The next year she co-sponsored the prohibition of abortion after the detection of the heartbeat of the unborn child. She voted to permit display of the [[Ten Commandments]] on public property, a measure which passed the House, 77-19. In 2014, she voted to require drug testing for certain recipients of the public welfare system. In 2015, Nordgren sponsored legislation affirming the use of electrocution in executions. She voted to establish public [[charter school]]s in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. She opposed the bill to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure nevertheless approved by the full House, 52-43. She opposed the increase in the cigarette tax, which nevertheless passed the House, 52-46. In 2016, Nordgren co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and she opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. She voted against additional funding for new prison facilities, a measure which passed the House, 52-33. In 2017, she voted to authorize midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won House approval, 84-11. She voted to reduce the time for appeals from inmates on death row. She voted to prohibit alteration or removal of historic monuments, which passed 72-29. She voted to prohibit judicial override of sentencing guidelines, which passed the House, 78-19.<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/27464/becky-nordgren#.WevD7bpFzb0|title=Becky Nordgren's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>

Nordgren is an early supporter of [[conservative]] Republican former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court [[Roy Moore]] of Etowah County, who is seeking the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by now [[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/roy_moore_gets_endorsements_fr.html|title=Roy Moore gets endorsements from 14 Alabama lawmakers|publisher=Al.com|date=August 22, 2017|author=Mike Casson|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref> Moore now faces a [[liberal]] Democrat, former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones, in the December 12 special election. 

Nordgren is an early supporter of [[conservative]] Republican former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court [[Roy Moore]] of Etowah County, who is seeking the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by now [[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]] [[Jeff Sessions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/roy_moore_gets_endorsements_fr.html|title=Roy Moore gets endorsements from 14 Alabama lawmakers|publisher=Al.com|date=August 22, 2017|author=Mike Casson|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}</ref> Moore was then defeated by a [[liberal]] Democrat, former U.S. Attorney [[Doug Jones]], in the December 12 special election to fill the three years left in Sessions' unexpired term. 

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