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Life
Issues
/ Family
Ethics
Political
Action
Committee
of Southwest Washington |
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Micheline Doan (R) |
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2008 LifePac Survey Response As submitted by Micheline Doan:
THE NATURE OF PRO-LIFE ISSUES
1. Direct threats to innocent human life include first of all the issues
of: abortion, which takes the lives of well over a million US children
annually; embryonic stem cell harvesting; direct euthanasia; and cloning.
In addition, by using the consistent ethic of life principle in defending
life, various other threats to human life have been identified. Often
included among these issues are poverty, capital punishment, racism, unjust
war, nuclear arms proliferation and exploitation. Each and every human
being is unique and important, and one's personhood or worth should not be
arbitrarily determined by another's choice. No one exists solely as a means
to someone else's happiness. The choices we make, as individuals and as a
society, must be weighed in light of their impact on human life and
dignity.
Do you acknowledge both the breadth of pro life
issues (variously defined), and the primacy of some of those issues, namely
abortion, embryonic stem cell harvesting, direct euthanasia, and cloning?
Yes X
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDEYes X
ABORTION
3.
The
14th Amendment says "nor shall any state deprive any person of life,
liberty or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The Supreme Court
in
Roe v. Wade, 1973, stated that "if this suggestion of personhood is
established, the appellant's case, of course, collapses, for the fetus'
right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th]
Amendment." The Court regrettably concluded that "we need not resolve the
difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective
disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at
any consensus, the judiciary, at this point in the development of man's
knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer."
Do you believe that life begins at
conception and is present throughout pregnancy, and that, therefore, the
State has a compelling interest in protecting that life from conception?
YES X
4. Do you believe that a unique human life begins at conception?
| If not, when? ___ 3 mths ___ 6 mths ___ 9 mths ___ 1 yr ___ 18 yrs? |
Yes X |
5. Is taking the life of a pre-born child through
abortion ever permissible? Check all that apply:
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___X__ No, it's never permissible _____ Yes, to save mother's life _____ Yes, in cases of rape or incest _____ Yes, for physical deformity |
_____ Yes,
for gender
_____ Yes, for race _____ Yes, to punish spouse _____ Yes, it's always permissible |
EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
6. Do you oppose federal funding for embryonic stem cell research or
cloning?
Yes X
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN
ABORTION
7. Peer reviewed scientific studies have shown that parental involvement
laws reduce the occurrence of risky sex in teens, and more than 30 states
currently have some form of them. Either the teen refrains from engaging in
sex or is more careful before having sex. These laws help teen mothers and
fathers get the support and guidance they need from parents in this
important decision. Not having them risks parental estrangement or
alienation from the child when in the greatest need and denies the dignity
of the family. Minors already must have parental approval for even the most
minor types of medical procedures or medications and should also for the
complex procedure of abortion. Without parental involvement, a minor
impregnated by an adult often times is pressured into having an abortion so
as to conceal the fact that the adult is guilty of statutory rape.
Will you promote/support
parental involvement laws (with judicial override) for minors when seeking
an abortion?
Yes X
MARRIAGE PRESERVATION
8. Children develop best within the context of the natural family.
This is a scientifically proven fact which the
Washington State Supreme Court referenced when in 2006, it ruled on the
state's 1998 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The court determined that the
state's limitation of marriage to heterosexual couples "is constitutional
because the legislature was entitled to believe that limiting marriage to
opposite-sex couples furthers ... the well-being of children by encouraging
families where children are reared in homes headed by the children’s
biological parents." In concurrence,
Justice James Johnson wrote "The unique and binary biological nature of
marriage and its exclusive link with procreation and responsible child
rearing has defined the institution [of marriage in law]."
In order to affirm and protect children’s rights
and the primacy of those rights over adults’ aspirations for novel family
forms, do you oppose laws that change the definition of marriage to include
homosexual and polygamous relationships?
Yes X
MEDICAL
CONSCIENCE CLAUSES
9. Should doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals
be granted the right to refuse participation in the provision of medical
services that violate the
person's moral, ethical or religious beliefs?
Yes X
PUBLIC SCHOOL SEX EDUCATION
10. The Washington State Legislature in 2007 passed
ESSB 5297 requiring school districts to teach "scientifically accurate"
(aka comprehensive) sex education, if they teach sex ed at all. The typical
comprehensive sex education program spend as little as 5% of the time
teaching abstinence principles (Zogby
3/27/07), instead spending significantly more of their time teaching
students how to put condoms on models of male genitalia and promoting
alternative forms of sexual activity called outercourse, which may include
showering together and mutual masturbation as effective ways to avoid
pregnancy and disease. In contrast, an emphasis on abstinence means teaching
students about building healthy relationships and bolstering self worth and
self-control. Given that ESSB 5297 allows
school districts a wide range in how they apply the law, will you work to
maximize sex education that is wholesome and truly safe?
Yes X
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
11. The death penalty in the United States should:
| be used more |
GAMING
12. A proposed casino off I-5 near
Ridgefield is projected to be one of the largest in the nation. What is
your position on the building of this casino?
Mark an “X” along the continuum for your answer.
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Fully Support |
Neutral |
Fully Oppose X |
QUALIFICATIONS AND COMMENTS
13. Please state your qualifications for office such as professional,
educational, family and community accomplishments. You may also add any any
further comments regarding the relationship of your candidacy to respect
life issues.
21 years with US West Dex as pagination clerk, Quality Management Program Facilitator, Layout Program tester and trainer, and Office manager for Artists and Data entry
Four Years President of the Clark County Republican Women
Birthright Volunteer
Wife of disabled veteran and mother of three adult children and five grandchildren
WEBSITE POSTING
14. May LifePac post a digital image of your returned survey on its
website?
Yes X No
