Free or Die", she is pro-choice, pro-education, pro-universal healthcare and pro-equal rights. She is pro-stem-cell research. As governor she made it illegal for New Hampshire to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. She also abolished a state law that said abortion was a felony. In the Senate, Shaheen and senator Susan Collins co-sponsored a bill for discharged hospital patients, in order to decrease the need for re-hospitalization. She has also fought to lower the cost of prescription drugs and bring more generics to the marketplace. A former school teacher, she has voted to increase funding for Head Start and to increase the number of Pell grants. She is married with three grown daughters and seven grandchildren. Her husband, Bill Shaheen, was Al Gore's New Hampshire campaign manager. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire) New Hampshire's other female senator is a Republican. Ayotte also came to the Senate from state politics, having served as New Hampshire's attorney general. She was elected to the Senate two years ago, with 60% of the vote. The 44-year-old was named citizen of the year in 2008 by New Hampshire's Union Leader newspaper, for successfully leading efforts to secure the first death penalty conviction on the state in more than 60 years. Her pro-death penalty stance might come from the time she spent as chief of the homicide unit. Ayotte supported repealing Obamacare and replacing it with a market-based approach. She is also in favor of limiting medical malpractice claims. She supports a balanced budget amendment