Pro-Life Pro-Life's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Constitution for U.S. House (ID) - District 2
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Idaho Gubernatorial Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| Legal personhood should begin at fertilization (when sperm meets egg). Premeditated abortion is murder and the mother should be punished for murder. | |||
| Yes | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) Do you support raising taxes on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support raising the corporate tax rate and income taxes on individuals earning over $250,000 per year to fund the Quality Education Fund in Idaho? | ||
| Idaho needs to reduce taxes and spending. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Idaho needs to deport illegal criminal aliens unless they have committed violent crimes, the violent ones need to be in prison. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Idaho? | ||
| No | d) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| I am for market solutions. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Idaho? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Idaho? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Idaho's high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Public education is a communist doctrine. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support the regulation of campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| Voter fraud should be a felony. | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| No | c) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| Gun rights are a natural right. Only a jury of peers should be able to restrict gun rights. | |||
| No | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support a government-run (single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for All? | ||
| No | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
| No | f) Do you support lowering the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| No | g) Do you support the legalization of medical marijuana in Idaho? | ||
| Health control is not a proper role of gov't. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Idaho's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Idaho's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Idaho's state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
| The 7th Commandment should be relevant today but people do not even think about the 10 Commandments. | |||
| Idaho needs to change from plurality winners to majority winners. To be elected the candidate must recieve over 50%. Idaho government should stop the mandating of shots in all jurisdictions, even children. The child can refuse. Idaho needs to suppress all LGBTQ activity. | |||
| Idaho needs to create law to establish legal personhood beginning at fertilization (when sperm meets egg). Funding this is not an issue. |
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