Luanne Miller Van Werven (born 1957) is an American politician from Washington. Van Werven is a former
Republican
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Political ideology
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member of
Washington House of Representatives
The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, and along with the Washington State Senate makes up the legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 ...
for
District 42. Van Werven served from January 12, 2015 to January 11, 2021. She was elected vice chair of the
Washington State Republican Party
The Washington State Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national United States Republican Party, headquartered in Bellevue.
History
Campaigns and elections
Washington voters tend to support Democratic Party candidates, with ''The ...
in January 2013 and served as interim chair from July to August later that year, when she lost the position to
Susan Hutchison. She previously served as chair of the Republican Party in
Whatcom County
Whatcom County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington, bordered by the Canadian Lower Mainland (the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley Regional Districts of British Columbia) to the north, Okanogan Cou ...
.
In the 2017–2018 Legislative Year, Van Werven sponsored HB 1775, which would prohibit
abortion
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of pregn ...
after 20 weeks of gestation. This act would be known and cited as the "Washington pain capable unborn child protection act". The bill was never voted on.
References
External links
Luanne Van Werven at ballotpedia.org
1957 births
Living people
People from Lynden, Washington
State political party chairs of Washington (state)
Republican Party members of the Washington House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Washington (state)
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
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