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Candidate Comparisons

The NWLC Action Fund aims to inform the public about candidates’ positions on issues affecting gender justice. We encourage voters to get informed, learn where their candidates stand, and to encourage candidates to adopt policy positions that support women and girls. 

A full list of policies used to assess candidates’ support can be found here.

Janelle
Stelson

vs.

Scott
Perry

Supports

Defending Our Democracy

Opposes

Supports

Guaranteeing Reproductive Freedom and Health Care

Opposes

Supports

Supporting and Protecting Students and Teachers

Opposes

Supports

Affordability and Allowing Families to Thrive

Opposes

Supports

Expanding Quality Care Options

Opposes

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These voter guides are an educational resource for the public and are not intended to be an endorsement of any candidate or political party. Candidates’ positions on the issues are determined using recorded votes for and against legislation; statements from interviews, press appearances, press releases and candidate events; social media posts from verified accounts; and endorsements from organizations and associations.

Evidence/Citations

Defending Our Democracy - supports

Janelle Stelson

  1. Defending Our Democracy – supports
    • Her campaign said “[Stelson] agrees with Governor Shapiro’s opposition to the SAVE Act because it would prevent law-abiding Pennsylvanians from voting and does nothing to lower costs.”

Defending Our Democracy - opposes

Scott Perry

  1. Defending Our Democracy – opposes
    • Voted for the SAVE Act, a voter suppression bill

Guaranteeing Reproductive Freedom and Health Care - supports

Janelle Stelson

  1. Guaranteeing Reproductive Freedom and Health Care – supports
    • Health care is a priority on her campaign website.
    • Under abortion on her campaign website, she says “Women should make their own health care decisions with recommendations from their doctors…In Congress, I will fight to ensure the protections guaranteed under Roe are once again the law of the land.”
    • Called out Rep. Perry’s vote in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its impact on food assistance and health care.

Guaranteeing Reproductive Freedom and Health Care - opposes

Scott Perry

  1. Guaranteeing Reproductive Freedom and Health Care – opposes
    • Consistently voted for anti-abortion legislation
    • Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which robbed millions of Medicare and Medicaid coverage
    • Voted for Protect Children’s Innocence Act (H.R.3492), which establishes federal criminal offenses for providing any gender-affirming care to minors, regardless of parental or medical consent.

Supporting and Protecting Students and Teachers - supports

Janelle Stelson

  1. Supporting and Protecting Students and Teachers – supports
    • Under education on her campaign website, she says “We should prioritize educating our children and making sure teachers, ESPs, meal servers and bus drivers have the pay and respect they deserve.”
    • She is endorsed by the National Education Association.

Supporting and Protecting Students and Teachers - opposes

Scott Perry

  1. Supporting and Protecting Students and Teachers – opposes
    • Voted for Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act, which requires public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.
    • Voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, which amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

Affordability and Allowing Families to Thrive - supports

Janelle Stelson

  1. Affordability and Allowing Families to Thrive – supports
    • Includes “Make Home Ownership Affordable” under priorities on her campaign website.
    • She calls the $7.25 minimum wage “outrageous.”
    • Called out Rep. Perry’s vote in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its impact on food assistance and health care.

Affordability and Allowing Families to Thrive - opposes

Scott Perry

  1. Affordability and Allowing Families to Thrive – opposes

Expanding Quality Care Options - supports

Janelle Stelson

  1. Expanding Quality Care Options – supports
    • Another website supporting her candidacy says she will “expand access to affordable housing and child care.”

Expanding Quality Care Options - opposes

Scott Perry

  1. Expanding Quality Care Options – opposes