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THE NATURE OF PRO-LIFE ISSUES
1. Direct threats to human life include first of
all abortion, which takes the lives of well over
a million US children annually; embryonic stem
cell harvesting; euthanasia; and cloning.
Additional threats to human life include
poverty, capital punishment, racism, war,
nuclear arms proliferation and exploitation.
Since each and every human being is unique and
important, 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, and the primacy of some of those issues,
namely abortion, embryonic stem cell harvesting,
euthanasia, and cloning?
Yes
ABORTION
2. Do you believe that a unique
human life begins at conception?
Yes
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If not, when? ___ 3 mths ___ 6 mths ___ 9 mths ___ 1 yr ___ 18
yrs?
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3.
The 14th Amendment states "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 though 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 the State has a compelling
interest in protecting human life beginning at
conception?
YES
4.
Is taking the life of a pre-born child through
abortion ever morally
permissible?
Check all that apply:
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_____ No, it's never permissible
__x___ Yes, to save mother's life
_____ Yes, in cases of rape or incest
____ Yes, for physical deformity
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_____ Yes, for gender
_____ Yes, for race
_____ Yes, to punish spouse
_____ Yes, it's always permissible
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EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS AND CLONING
5. Do
you oppose embryonic stem cell research or human
cloning, whether publically or privately funded?
yes
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN ABORTION
6. Peer reviewed 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 absolutely
MEDICAL CONSCIENCE CLAUSES
7. "The trend toward accepting the termination
of some human lives as a normal part of medicine
is accelerating ... Courts, policymakers, media
leaders - even the elites of organized medicine
- increasingly assert that patient rights and
respect for patients’ choices should trump the
consciences of medical professionals. Indeed,
the time may soon arrive when doctors, nurses,
and pharmacists will be compelled to take, or be
complicit in the taking of, human life,
regardless of their strong religious or moral
objections thereto." (Westlie
J. Smith, 2009).
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
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE
8.
Washington State Initiative 1000 which was
passed in 2008, legalized Physician Assisted
Suicide (PAS) by allowing doctors to prescribe
lethal doses of barbiturates to certain
patients. One objection to this sanctioning of
suicide is that some vulnerable persons, such as
those who are feeble, depressed, mentally ill,
or handicapped, will likely experience coercion
to end their lives. For them a right to die,
already protected in the Natural Death Act, (RCW
70.122), may become a duty to die. The
American Medical Association (policy
H-140.952) as well as the Washington State
Medical Association (2007
Resolution A-7) oppose PAS. The AMA states
that "physician assisted suicide is
fundamentally inconsistent with the physician's
professional role." The initiative uses vague
language that enable doctors "acting in good
faith" to assist mentally ill or depressed
patients to commit suicide, while protecting
doctors from civil and criminal lawsuits. Health
care insurers can cut costs by providing
prescriptions for suicide. Will society's
sanction of suicide have unintended
consequences? Sponsor and former governor Booth
Gardner says that this is only a “first step” in
legalizing assisted suicide for anyone who wants
it. When society fails to protect vulnerable
people in their troubles, but instead offers
them the violence of suicide, has not society
abandoned them?
Do you oppose the availability of physician
assisted suicide in Washington State?
yes
MARRIAGE PRESERVATION
9.
Children develop best within the
context of a biologically related 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
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 spends as little as 5% of the
time teaching abstinence principles (Zogby
3/27/07), instead spending significantly
more 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 the law is applied, will you
work to maximize sex education that is
wholesome, not dehumanizing and truly safe? yes
DEATH PENALTY
11. The death penalty in the
United States
should:
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___x__ not be used
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_____ be used about the same
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_____ be used less
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_____ be used more
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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? Unsure
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.
I have owned three businesses and have two
college degrees in computer sciences and
business administration.
I have had custody of a mentally ill sister for
years and years. I currently care for both of my
parents who are in their mid seventies. They
will both live a long time now that they get
loving care and nurturing. They have improved
dramatically. My husband and I enjoy spending
time with our family, (including one son who had
a son when he was 15 years old), Ben and our
grandson Corey who has grown to be 20 and
wonderful. Life is what God gave us first and
forgiveness He gave us second. Life and
forgiveness is what we must give and teach to
our children for the betterment of humanity in
generations to come.
14. Do you have a campaign website? What is the
address?
http://www.votecarolyn.com/
WEBSITE POSTING PERMISSION
15. May LIFE PAC post your survey response on
its website? Yes
Thank you,
Carolyn Crain
Your Voice! Your Advocate!
49th legislative district position 2,
candidate
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