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Fede

ral C

andi

date

Sur

vey

Que

stio

ns

1.

Wou

ldyou

votetore

pealth

e“PatientProtectionandAff

orda

bleCare

Act”,com

mon

lykno

wnasOba

macare?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

2.

Doyou

sup

portaba

non

alleff

ortsto

clonehum

anembryos?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e 3.

Doyou

opp

oseusingfede

ralfunding

fore

mbryonicstem

cellresearch

thatre

quiresthede

structionofhum

anembryos?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

4.

Wou

ldyou

opp

oseanyeff

ortsto

repe

alorw

eakentheUnb

orn

VictimsofViolenceAc

t?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

5.

Wou

ld y

ou v

ote

agai

nst a

ny fe

dera

l leg

isla

tion

that

wou

ld p

lace

new

limitsontheab

ilityofstatestoenactand

enforceabo

rtion

-relatedlaws?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

6.

Wou

ld y

ou o

ppos

e an

y le

gisl

atio

n th

at w

ould

wea

ken

the

Hyd

e

Amendm

enta

ndothercurrentlawsthatre

strictfed

eralsub

sidies

fora

bortion

?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

7.

Wou

ld y

ou v

ote

to p

reve

nt fu

rther

U.S

. fun

ding

of t

he U

nite

d N

atio

ns

Popu

lationFu

nd?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

8.

Wou

ldyou

votefortheChildInterstateAbo

rtion

NotificationAc

t?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

9.

Wou

ldyou

votefortheNoTaxpayerFunding

forA

bortion

Act?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

10.

Wou

ldyou

voteforlegislationthatwou

ldm

akeab

ortionclinics,and

organizationsth

atope

rateabo

rtion

clinics,ineligiblefo

rTitleXfund

ing?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

11.

Wou

ldyou

votefortheDismem

berm

entA

bortion

BanAct?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

12.

Wou

ld y

ou v

ote

for l

egis

latio

n to

ens

ure

that

dru

gs fe

dera

lly c

ontro

lled

unde

rtheCon

trolledSu

bstancesActm

aynotbeprescribed

or

dispensedforthepurpo

seofassistingsuicide?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

13.

Doyou

sup

portyourpoliticalparty’snationalplatfo

rmonab

ortion?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

14.

Will

you

advo

cate

for a

nd s

uppo

rt th

e no

min

atio

n to

the

U.S

. Sup

rem

e

Cou

rtofonlywell-q

ualified

personswho

willrespectthesanctityof

inno

centhum

anlife,w

howillinterprettheCon

stitutionaccordingtoits

text,and

who

willbe

willing

tore

considerprecede

ntsinconsistentwith

thetextoftheCon

stitution?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

15.

Will

you

vote

onl

y fo

r par

ty a

nd c

aucu

s le

ader

ship

that

is c

omm

itted

toprotectinginno

centlifefrom

con

ceptiontonaturaldeath?

__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

16

Und

erwhatc

ircum

stancesdo

you

believeabo

rtion

sho

uldbe

legal?

__A_

_Abo

rtion

sho

uldneverb

elegal

__B_

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othero

nly

__C__R

apeand/orincest

__

D__

Oth

er:_

____

____

____

____

____

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rtion

sho

uldbe

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ffice

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2Q

3Q

4Q

5Q

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8Q

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10Q

11Q

12Q

13Q

14Q

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16

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e Ca

ndi

date

Sur

vey

Que

stio

ns

1.Do

you

sup

portIndiana’sinform

edcon

sentlawth

atre

quiresthatwom

enbe

inform

ed,inwriting,oftherisksofabo

rtion

,alternativesto

abo

rtion

,andfetaldevelop

ment(includ

inginform

ationab

outfetalpain)atleast18

hourspriora

nab

ortion?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

2.Do

you

opp

osepa

rtialbirthab

ortion,th

eproced

urethatkills

aliving

childduringde

livery?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

3.Do

you

believeth

atpharm

acyworkerssho

uldhaveth

erig

htto

refuse

dispensing

drugsth

atcanbeused

tocauseabo

rtion

s?__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

4.Do

you

opp

oseassisted

suicide

?__

_Yes

__

_No

___U

nsur

e

5.Do

you

opp

osealleffo

rtsto

clonehum

anembryos?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

6. Do

you

opp

ose

feta

l ste

m c

ell r

esea

rch

that

requ

ires

the

dest

ruct

ion

ofhu

manembryos?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

7.Do

you

opp

oseusingtaxpayerfu

ndstopayfo

relectiveab

ortions,to

subsidize

abo

rtion

provide

rs,o

rtosubsidize

abo

rtion

referring

agencies,

suchasPlannedPa

rentho

od?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

8.Do

you

sup

portcurre

ntIndianalawstatingthathum

anphysicallife

beginswhenahu

manovumisfertilized

byahumanspe

rm?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

9.Do

you

sup

portyourpoliticalparty’snationalplatfo

rmonab

ortion?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

10.

Doyou

believeth

atabo

rtion

provide

rssho

uldbe

requ

iredtoprovide

to th

e St

ate,

in w

ritin

g, p

roof

that

they

hav

e lo

cal h

ospi

tal a

dmitt

ing

priv

ilege

s or

hav

e en

tere

d in

to a

writ

ten

agre

emen

t with

ano

ther

physicianwithlocalhospitaladm

ittingprivileges?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

11.

Doyou

believeth

atabo

rtion

provide

rssho

uldbe

requ

iredtodispo

seofabo

rtedchildreninahum

anemanner,insteadoftreatingremainsas

mere“m

edicalwaste”?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

12.

Will

you

vote

onl

y fo

r par

ty a

nd c

aucu

s le

ader

ship

that

is c

omm

itted

toprotectinginno

centlifefrom

con

ceptiontonaturaldeath?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

13.

Doyou

sup

portlawsthatpromotead

option?

___Y

es

___N

o __

_Uns

ure

14.

Und

erwhatc

ircum

stancesdo

you

believeabo

rtion

sho

uldbe

legal?

(Markallthata

pply.)

__A_

_Abo

rtion

sho

uldneverb

elegal

__B_

_Lifeofthem

othero

nly

__C__R

apeand/orincest

__D_

_ O

ther

:___

____

____

____

____

____

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rtion

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uldbe

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depr

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of life

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oper

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owed

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their

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th th

e ina

liena

ble

right

to life

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cord

ingly,

we

asse

rt th

e sa

nctity

of h

uman

life

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ffirm

that

the u

nbor

n chil

d has

a fu

ndam

enta

l rig

ht to

life w

hich

cann

ot be

infri

nged

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supp

ort

a hu

man

life a

mend

ment

to th

e Co

nstitu

tion

and

legisl

ation

to

make

clea

r th

at th

e Fo

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nth

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dmen

t’s p

rotec

tions

app

ly to

child

ren

befo

re

birth.

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e op

pose

the

use

of pu

blic

fund

s to

perfo

rm o

r pr

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abo

rtion

or

to fu

nd o

rgan

izatio

ns,

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ned

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lon

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r for

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tions

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tal b

ody

parts

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er t

han

prov

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ealth

care

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ge

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tates

and

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gres

s to

make

it a

crim

e to

acqu

ire, t

rans

fer, o

r sell

feta

l tiss

ues f

rom

electi

ve

abor

tions

for r

esea

rch,

and

we c

all o

n Co

ngre

ss

to en

act a

ban

on

any

sale

of fet

al bo

dy p

arts.

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the

mean

time,

we c

all o

n Co

ngre

ss to

ban

the

prac

tice

of mi

slead

ing w

omen

on

so-c

alled

feta

l ha

rves

ting

cons

ent f

orms

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ct re

veale

d by

a

2015

inve

stiga

tion.

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will

not f

und

or s

ubsid

ize

healt

hcar

e tha

t inclu

des a

borti

on co

vera

ge.

We

supp

ort

the

appo

intme

nt of

judge

s wh

o re

spec

t tra

dition

al fa

mily

value

s an

d th

e sa

nctity

of

innoc

ent

huma

n life

. W

e op

pose

the

non

-co

nsen

sual

with

holdi

ng o

r wi

thdr

awal

of ca

re

or t

reatm

ent,

includ

ing f

ood

and

water

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m ind

ividu

als w

ith d

isabil

ities,

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orns

, the

elde

rly,

or th

e infi

rm, j

ust a

s we

opp

ose

euth

anas

ia an

d as

sisted

suici

de.

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affir

m ou

r mo

ral o

bliga

tion

to as

sist,

rath

er

than

pen

alize

, wo

men

who

face

an u

nplan

ned

preg

nanc

y. In

orde

r to

enco

urag

e wo

men

who

face

an u

nplan

ned

preg

nanc

y to

choo

se l

ife,

we s

uppo

rt leg

islati

on t

hat

requ

ires

finan

cial

resp

onsib

ility

for

the

child

be

equa

lly b

orne

by

both

the

moth

er a

nd fa

ther

upo

n co

ncep

tion

until

the

child

reac

hes

adult

hood

. Fail

ure

to re

quire

a

fathe

r to

be e

quall

y res

pons

ible

for a

chil

d pla

ces

an in

equit

able

burd

en o

n th

e mo

ther,

cre

ating

a

finan

cial a

nd s

ocial

har

dship

on

both

moth

er a

nd

child

. W

e ce

lebra

te th

e mi

llions

of

Amer

icans

wh

o op

en th

eir h

earts

, hom

es, a

nd c

hurc

hes

to mo

ther

s in

need

and

wom

en fl

eeing

abu

se. W

e th

ank

and

enco

urag

e pr

ovide

rs o

f co

unse

ling,

medic

al se

rvice

s, an

d ad

optio

n as

sista

nce

for

empo

werin

g wo

men

expe

rienc

ing a

n un

inten

ded

preg

nanc

y to

choo

se lif

e. W

e su

ppor

t fun

ding

for

ultra

soun

ds a

nd a

dopti

on a

ssist

ance

. We

salut

e th

e man

y sta

tes th

at no

w pr

otect

wome

n

and g

irls th

roug

h law

s req

uiring

info

rmed

cons

ent,

pare

ntal

cons

ent,

waitin

g pe

riods

, an

d cli

nic

regu

lation

. W

e co

ndem

n th

e Su

prem

e Co

urt’s

ac

tivist

dec

ision

in

Who

le W

oman

’s He

alth

v. He

llers

tedt

striki

ng d

own

comm

onse

nse

Texa

s law

s pr

ovidi

ng

for

basic

he

alth

and

safet

y sta

ndar

ds in

abor

tion c

linics

.W

e app

laud t

he U

.S. H

ouse

of R

epre

sent

ative

s for

lea

ding

the

effo

rt to

add

enfo

rcem

ent t

o th

e Bo

rn-

Alive

Infa

nt Pr

otecti

on A

ct by

pas

sing

the

Born

-Al

ive A

borti

on S

urviv

ors

Prote

ction

Act,

whic

h im

pose

s app

ropr

iate c

ivil a

nd cr

imina

l pen

alties

on

healt

hcar

e pr

ovide

rs w

ho fa

il to

prov

ide tr

eatm

ent

and

care

to a

n inf

ant w

ho s

urviv

es a

n ab

ortio

n, inc

luding

ear

ly ind

uctio

n de

liver

y wh

ether

the

de

ath of

the i

nfant

is int

ende

d. W

e stro

ngly

oppo

se

infan

ticide

. Ove

r a do

zen s

tates

have

pass

ed P

ain-

Capa

ble U

nbor

n Ch

ild P

rotec

tion

Acts

proh

ibitin

g ab

ortio

n af

ter tw

enty

week

s, th

e po

int a

t whic

h cu

rrent

medic

al re

sear

ch sh

ows t

hat u

nbor

n bab

ies

can f

eel e

xcru

ciatin

g pain

durin

g abo

rtion

s, an

d we

call o

n Co

ngre

ss to

ena

ct th

e fe

dera

l ver

sion.

Not

only

is it g

ood

legisl

ation

, but

it enjo

ys th

e su

ppor

t of

a ma

jority

of t

he A

meric

an p

eople

. We

supp

ort

state

and f

eder

al ef

forts

again

st th

e cru

elest

form

s of

abor

tion,

espe

cially

dism

embe

rmen

t abo

rtion

pr

oced

ures

, in

which

unb

orn

babie

s ar

e lite

rally

tor

n apa

rt lim

b fro

m lim

b. W

e ca

ll on

Co

ngre

ss

to ba

n se

x-sele

ction

ab

ortio

ns a

nd a

borti

ons

base

d on

disa

bilitie

s —

discr

imina

tion

in its

mos

t leth

al fo

rm. W

e op

pose

em

bryo

nic st

em ce

ll res

earc

h. W

e op

pose

fede

ral

fund

ing o

f em

bryo

nic s

tem c

ell r

esea

rch.

We

supp

ort

adult

stem

cell

res

earc

h an

d ur

ge t

he

resto

ratio

n of

the

natio

nal

place

ntal

stem

cell

bank

crea

ted b

y Pre

siden

t Geo

rge

H.W

. Bus

h bu

t ab

olish

ed b

y his

Dem

ocra

t suc

cess

or, P

resid

ent

Bill

Clint

on.

We

oppo

se

fede

ral

fund

ing

for

harv

estin

g em

bryo

s an

d ca

ll for

a b

an o

n hu

man

clonin

g.Th

e De

mocr

atic

Party

is e

xtrem

e on

abo

rtion

. De

mocr

ats’ a

lmos

t lim

itless

sup

port

for a

borti

on,

and t

heir s

tride

nt op

posit

ion to

even

the m

ost b

asic

restr

iction

s on

abor

tion,

put t

hem

dram

atica

lly o

ut of

step

with

the

Amer

ican

peop

le. B

ecau

se o

f th

eir o

ppos

ition

to sim

ple a

borti

on c

linic

safet

y pr

oced

ures

, sup

port

for t

axpa

yer-f

unde

d ab

ortio

n, an

d re

jectio

n of

preg

nanc

y re

sour

ce c

enter

s th

at pr

ovide

abo

rtion

alte

rnati

ves,

the

old C

linton

ma

ntra o

f “sa

fe, le

gal, a

nd ra

re” h

as be

en re

duce

d to

just “

legal.

” We

are

prou

d to

be th

e pa

rty th

at pr

otects

hum

an li

fe an

d of

fers

real

solut

ions

for

wome

n.

The

2016

l Dem

ocra

tic P

arty

Abo

rtio

n Pl

atfo

rmDe

mocra

ts ar

e co

mmitte

d to

prote

cting

and

adv

ancin

g re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth,

rights

, and

jus

tice.

We

belie

ve u

nequ

ivoca

lly, l

ike th

e ma

jority

of A

meric

ans,

that e

very

wom

an

shou

ld ha

ve a

cces

s to

quali

ty re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

care

ser

vices

, inc

luding

safe

and

leg

al ab

ortio

n—re

gard

less o

f whe

re sh

e live

s, ho

w mu

ch m

oney

she m

akes

, or h

ow sh

e is

insur

ed. W

e be

lieve

that

repr

oduc

tive

healt

h is

core

to w

omen

’s, m

en’s,

and

you

ng

peop

le’s

healt

h an

d we

llbein

g. W

e wi

ll con

tinue

to s

tand

up to

Rep

ublic

an e

fforts

to

defun

d Pl

anne

d Pa

renth

ood

healt

h ce

nters,

whic

h pr

ovide

criti

cal h

ealth

ser

vices

to

millio

ns of

peop

le. W

e will

conti

nue t

o opp

ose—

and s

eek t

o ove

rturn

—fed

eral

and s

tate

laws

and

polic

ies th

at im

pede

a w

oman

’s ac

cess

to a

borti

on, i

nclud

ing b

y re

peali

ng

the H

yde A

mend

ment.

We c

onde

mn an

d will

comb

at an

y acts

of vi

olenc

e, ha

rass

ment,

an

d int

imida

tion

of re

prod

uctiv

e he

alth

prov

iders,

pati

ents,

and

staf

f. W

e wi

ll de

fend

the A

CA, w

hich e

xtend

s affo

rdab

le pr

even

tive h

ealth

care

to w

omen

, inclu

ding n

o-co

st co

ntrac

eptio

n, an

d pro

hibits

disc

rimina

tion i

n hea

lth ca

re ba

sed o

n gen

der.

We

will

addr

ess

the d

iscrim

inatio

n an

d ba

rrier

s tha

t inh

ibit m

eanin

gful a

cces

s to

repr

oduc

tive

healt

h ca

re s

ervic

es, i

nclud

ing th

ose

base

d on

gen

der,

sexu

ality,

race

, inc

ome,

disab

ility,

and o

ther fa

ctors.

We r

ecog

nize t

hat q

uality

, affo

rdab

le co

mpre

hens

ive

healt

h car

e, ev

idenc

e-ba

sed s

ex ed

ucati

on an

d a fu

ll ran

ge of

fami

ly pla

nning

serv

ices

help

redu

ce th

e nu

mber

of u

ninten

ded

preg

nanc

ies a

nd th

ereb

y also

redu

ce th

e ne

ed

for ab

ortio

ns.

And w

e stro

ngly

and u

nequ

ivoca

lly su

ppor

t a w

oman

’s de

cision

to ha

ve a

child

, inclu

ding

by e

nsur

ing a

safe

and

hea

lthy

preg

nanc

y an

d ch

ildbir

th, a

nd b

y pr

ovidi

ng s

ervic

e du

ring

preg

nanc

y an

d af

ter th

e bir

th of

a ch

ild, i

nclud

ing a

dopti

on a

nd s

ocial

sup

port

serv

ices,

as w

ell a

s pr

otecti

ons

for w

omen

aga

inst p

regn

ancy

disc

rimina

tion.

We

are

comm

itted

to cre

ating

a s

ociet

y wh

ere

child

ren

are

safe

and

can

thrive

phy

sicall

y, em

otion

ally,

educ

ation

ally,

and s

piritu

ally.

We r

ecog

nize a

nd su

ppor

t the i

mpor

tance

of

civil s

tructu

res t

hat a

re es

senti

al to

creati

ng th

is for

ever

y chil

d.

The

2016

Lib

erta

rian

Part

y Ab

ortio

n Pl

atfo

rmRe

cogn

izing

that

abor

tion i

s a se

nsitiv

e iss

ue an

d tha

t peo

ple ca

n hold

good

-faith

view

s on

all s

ides,

we b

eliev

e tha

t gov

ernm

ent s

hould

be

kept

out o

f the

matt

er, le

aving

the

ques

tion t

o eac

h per

son f

or th

eir co

nscie

ntiou

s con

sider

ation

.