text: Steel was a co-sponsor of the Life at Conception Act introduced in January 2023 during the 118th Congress. The bill would declare a constitutional right to life "is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization". Unlike some previous Senate versions of the bill, the House version Steel co-sponsored did not include protections for IVF. After a 2024 Alabama court ruling made clear that the bill's language could endanger the ability to administer in-vitro fertilization, Steel said "I do not support federal restrictions on IVF." She added further, "As someone who struggled to get pregnant, I believe all life is a gift. IVF allowed me, as it has so many others, to start my family. I believe there is nothing more pro-life than helping families have children." , the Life at Conception Act had not been passed by the House. In March 2024, Steel rescinded her co-sponsorship of the bill due to her support for IVF.
  Committee assignments
  For the 118th Congress:
  Committee on Education and the Workforce
  Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
  Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
  Committee on Ways and Means
  Subcommittee on Health
  Subcommittee on Work and Welfare
  Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
  Caucus memberships
  Conservative Climate Caucus
  Republican Governance Group
  Personal life
  In 1981, Steel married Shawn Steel, who became California Republican Party chairman from 2001 to 2003 and Republican National Committeeman from California since 2008. They have two daughters and live in Seal Beach, California. She is a Christian.
  At a 2014 political event Steel recounted that she had withdrawn her younger daughter from the University of California, Santa Cruz after her daughter voiced support for same-sex marriage and President Barack Obama. The daughter transferred to Loyola Marymount University and graduated from Vanderbilt University. An LGBTQ rights organization publicized this story during her 2020 campaign. A video of this event was later taken down due to a copyright claim by "Costa Mesa Brief".