Abortion and contraception Mace has supported efforts to limit access to
abortion. In 2021, she cosponsored the Life at Conception Act, which would recognize a fertilized egg as a person with equal protections under the 14th Amendment and establish a nationwide abortion ban. Describing herself as "staunchly pro-life", she has also criticized abortion bans enacted in some states and called for Republicans to be more moderate on the issue, and said she would only support legislation that "has exceptions of rape or incest and the life of the mother". Expounding on her views, she stated: "The vast majority of people want some sort of gestational limits, ... not at nine months, but somewhere in the middle. They want exceptions for rape and incest. They want women to have access to birth control. These are all very common-sense positions that we can take and still be pro-life." Mace has voiced support for gestational limits of 15 to 20 weeks. In 2021, Mace was among a handful of Republican representatives who did not sign onto an
amicus brief to overturn
Roe v. Wade. She criticized states enacting abortion bans without exceptions in the wake of the Supreme Court
overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. In an interview on
Face the Nation, she said she disagreed with the recently passed abortion ban in Florida, which was signed into law by Governor
Ron DeSantis: "Signing a six-week ban that puts women who are victims of rape and girls who are victims of incest and in a hard spot isn't the way to change hearts and minds. It's not compassionate. The requirements [DeSantis] has for rape victims are too much, not something that I support. It's a non-starter. I am a victim of rape. I was raped by a classmate at the age of 16. I am very wary, and the devil is always in the details, but we've got to show more care and concern and compassion for women who've been raped. I don't like that this bill was signed in the dead of night". In June 2021, Mace was one of 26 Republicans to vote for the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act. In January 2023, Mace introduced the Standing with Moms Act, which would create a website, life.gov, that would link women to
crisis pregnancy centers (non-profits established by
anti-abortion groups primarily to persuade pregnant women not to have an abortion).
Agriculture In March 2022, Mace and Representative
Veronica Escobar introduced legislation to prohibit the confinement of pregnant pigs in
gestation crates. In October 2023, Mace led a letter to the
House Agriculture Committee by 16 House Republicans opposing the inclusion of language in the 2023
farm bill that would have overturned state farm
animal welfare laws banning gestation crates and
battery cages, including California's
Proposition 12. The letter argued that the legislation would infringe on
states' rights and disproportionately benefit foreign-owned agribusinesses like the Chinese-owned pork producer
WH Group. In recognition of her opposition to
federal preemption of state agricultural laws and support for reforms to federal
commodity checkoff programs, Mace received a leadership award from the Organization for Competitive Markets and Competitive Markets Action in February 2024. In March 2024, Mace joined another House Republican letter opposing preemption of state agricultural laws, citing concerns about national security and foreign influence over the U.S. agricultural sector.
Animal welfare Mace has been critical of
scientific experimentation on animals, which she describes as "taxpayer funded animal cruelty". In April 2024, she introduced legislation to prohibit federal funding for experiments on dogs and cats. In May 2024, in response to South Dakota Governor
Kristi Noem admitting to
shooting her pet dog, Mace co-founded the Congressional Dog Lovers Caucus alongside Representatives
Jared Moskowitz and
Susan Wild. In May 2025, Mace authored legislation to require that animals used in federal research laboratories be relocated or put up for adoption rather than killed. In May 2021, Mace and Representative
Rosa DeLauro introduced legislation to ban the
farming of mink for fur, citing evidence that mink farming promotes the spread of
zoonotic disease. Mace described the practice of mink farming as "inhumane". The legislation was passed by the House of Representatives as an amendment to the
America COMPETES Act of 2022 but was not included in the Senate version of the bill and did not become law. In 2024, Mace was the lead author of the "Snowmobiles Aren't Weapons Act" which would prohibit running over and killing wildlife in some federal land. According to a statement released by the representatives' office, "Our federal lands are not battlegrounds for reckless and belligerent behavior. This bill will preserve the safety and beauty of our natural spaces and ensure wildlife can thrive without the threat of harm from motor vehicles." In 2025, Mace was one of 14 representatives who signed a Republican letter against the "Save Our Bacon Act". In the letter, it was stated that legislation like the "Save Our Bacon Act" would "erode states' rights, undermine family farmers, and expand foreign influence over U.S. food production."
Washington, D.C., statehood In April 2021, Mace voiced her opposition to a Democratic proposal to grant the
District of Columbia statehood. She argued that Washington, D.C., was too small to qualify as a state, saying, "D.C. wouldn't even qualify as a singular congressional district."
Debt ceiling On May 31, 2023, Mace was among 71 House Republicans who voted against the final passage of the
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 to raise the debt ceiling. Mace was one of three Republican members of the
Problem Solvers Caucus who voted against raising the debt ceiling that day. Two days later she appeared on
Steve Bannon's podcast to claim, "the American people were spoon-fed a bed of lies" regarding the measure.
Extraterrestrial life Mace has stated she believes
space aliens have "been interacting with humanity". In an interview with
OutKick, Mace cited the cases of
Bob Lazar and
David Grusch to conclude that explanations of
UFO sightings that did not involve space aliens "didn't add up". During the
2024 United States drone sightings Mace said she would not rule out the purported drones were from "outer space" or "outside the universe". A joint investigation by civilian and military agencies of the U.S. government failed to find "anything anomalous" and said that sightings included mistaken aircraft and other objects. State and local law enforcement as well as numerous independent experts reported similar conclusions.
Foreign policy During the
prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mace wrote an article opposing military intervention in the conflict. in 2023. In 2025, Mace supported
President Trump's proposal to send U.S. troops to take control of the
Gaza Strip.
Healthcare During her
2014 U.S. Senate campaign, Mace said "We must use any means possible to repeal, defund, and ultimately stop
Obamacare" because it will "suffocate individual liberty and further stifle economic growth". Later that year, she told the
Examiner, "I strongly support
LGBTQ rights and equality. No one should be discriminated against." She opposed the
Equality Act, instead co-sponsoring a Republican alternative called the Fairness for All Act. Mace was one of 31 Republicans to vote for the LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act in 2021, and sponsored H.R.5776 – Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act, legislation establishing a Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (
LGBTQ) Veterans within the
Department of Veterans Affairs, also in 2021. In July 2022, Mace was among 47 Republican representatives who voted in favor of the
Respect for Marriage Act, which protects existing same-sex and interracial marriages under federal law. She later said, "If gay couples want to be as happily or miserably married as straight couples, more power to them. Trust me, I've tried it more than once." Starting in 2025, Mace began making more statements critical of
gays and
lesbians in public life, calling for books with LGBTQ themes to be
banned from schools and libraries. Mace frequently accuses gay and lesbian couples of
grooming children, and has repeatedly referred to the
Charleston County Public Library as a "grooming center". In March 2025, Mace criticized U.S. Senator
Elissa Slotkin for reading aloud from a children's book about LGBT tolerance, saying "The Left gets mad when we call them groomers but then continue to do this."
Transgender rights and use of anti-trans slur On November 18, 2024, Mace introduced a resolution to prohibit "Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives" from using single-sex facilities (like restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms) in the Capitol or House Office Buildings that do not correspond to their biological sex. She specified in her press release that the bill was intended for transgender women, and said in an interview that newly elected
Delaware representative
Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of the United States Congress, was "absolutely" the target of her bathroom resolution. Mace described McBride as a "biological man trying to force himself into women's spaces" and as a "guy in a skirt", later following this up by saying "It's offensive that a man in a skirt thinks that he is my equal". On November 20, Mace introduced the
Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act, which goes beyond her prior resolution to prohibit anyone from accessing or using single-sex facilities on any federal property unless that facility corresponds to the person's "biological sex", except for emergency medical personnel during an emergency or law enforcement officers during active pursuit or investigation. As some trans activists were protesting her bill, Mace referred to them using the anti-transgender slur "
tranny", resulting in her posts on some social media being flagged for hateful content. At a
House Oversight Committee hearing in February 2025, Mace again used the slur "tranny" to refer to trans people; when confronted, she repeated the word three times saying, "I don't really care." She used the same slur during a confrontation with a transgender student at
University of South Carolina, as well as within the first few seconds of a hearing for an amendment that would prevent funding trans-related care for members of military families. At a
DOGE subcommittee hearing in May 2025, Mace accused
Fatima Goss Graves, CEO of the
National Women's Law Center, of
sexual grooming, saying "I didn't come here to play with an ideology hell-bent on erasing women and grooming children. That's what you all are, you're groomers." On September 12, 2025, in the aftermath of the
assassination of Charlie Kirk, Mace said without basis that "it sounds like the shooter was a tranny or pro-tranny" before a suspect had been arrested. On September 16, Mace said in a street interview that suspect Tyler Robinson had been "radicalized" by the transgender community to kill Kirk. She also said that transgender people were "mentally ill and should be in a straight jacket with a hard steel lock on it", and used the anti-transgender slur "tranny" several more times.
Marijuana legalization In 2021, Mace introduced the
States Reform Act to remove
cannabis from the
Controlled Substances Act and regulate it similarly to alcohol. She said: "This bill supports veterans, law enforcement, farmers, businesses, those with serious illnesses, and it is good for criminal justice reform. ... The States Reform Act takes special care to keep Americans and their children safe while ending federal interference with state cannabis laws."
Towards other political figures Steve Bannon On October 21, 2021, Mace was one of nine House Republicans who voted to hold
Steve Bannon in
contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to appear before the
United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack. Explaining her vote, Mace said she was being "consistent" and wanted to retain the exercise of "the power to subpoena" in the event that Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives in
2022.
Liz Cheney Mace opposed the first attempt to remove
Liz Cheney as chair of the
House Republican Conference, saying, "We should not be silencing voices of dissent. That is one of the reasons we are in this today, is that we have allowed
QAnon conspiracy theorists to lead us." In early May, Mace appeared at fundraiser events with Cheney. During the second attempt to remove Cheney as chair, however, Mace voted to remove her.
Kamala Harris On August 15, 2024, Mace received nationally circulated criticism for repeatedly mispronouncing Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate
Kamala Harris' name after initially pronouncing her name correctly. After saying "Kamala" correctly, Mace began to mispronounce the name and, when corrected by other
CNN panelists, Mace said "I will say Kamala's name any way that I want to."
Zohran Mamdani Following the victory of
Zohran Mamdani in the
2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, Mace wrote "After
9/11 we said 'Never Forget.' I think we sadly have forgotten." After Mamdani was elected mayor, Mace said in a fundraising email that he was "bringing
Sharia law to America", a false accusation according to PolitiFact.
Kevin McCarthy Mace was one of eight Republicans who voted for the
removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House and the only one of those eight not considered a far-right politician by a
538 analysis of the
118th Congress. She fell in the "Compromise Conservatives" cluster instead, which the analysis noted tended to vote against hard-right messaging amendments but oppose bipartisan spending bills. Mace said she voted to vacate McCarthy out of distrust.
Donald Trump Mace worked for
Donald Trump's
2016 presidential campaign, but strongly condemned his actions surrounding the
January 6 U.S. Capitol attack. She asserted that Trump's legacy had been "wiped out" and that he should be held "accountable" for his actions. She later voted against impeaching him, and, in
2024, endorsed him in the
Republican presidential primary.
Sara Jacobs In December 2025, Mace told Rep.
Sara Jacobs (D-CA), who is Jewish, “I have a good surgeon if you ever want to get your
nose done.” Jacobs immediately criticized Mace for using an
antisemitic stereotype. == Personal life ==