Timothy Wesco
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Timothy Wesco is a Republican member of the
Indiana House of Representatives The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House mem ...
, representing the 21st District since 2010. Following his election at 25, he was the youngest member of the Indiana House.


Political positions


Abortion

Wesco opposes abortion rights in almost all circumstances, including rape or incest. In a July 2022 state House debate for a bill that would ban abortion in Indiana, he argued that rape victims should not have access to abortion, however, his voting record showed otherwise, as on the floor he voted against Amendment 76, which would have removed those exceptions.


No-Fault Divorce

In January 2025, Wesco introduced House Bill 1684, a bill which would end
no-fault divorce No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party. Laws providing for no-fault divorce allow a family court to grant a divorce in response to a petition by either party of the marria ...
for married couples with children. HB 1684 would require couples with children to prove their marriage is "irretrievably broken", either through witness testimony or both parties convincing a judge. It was criticized by domestic violence victim advocates as having the potential to make escaping abuse more difficult. The bill was withdrawn in February 2025.


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Representative Timothy Wesco
''official Indiana State Legislature site'' *http://timothywesco.com/ ''official Site'' * Living people Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Indiana General Assembly Year of birth missing (living people) {{Indiana-politician-stub