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« on: August 13, 2007, 09:05:07 PM »
« edited: August 13, 2007, 09:09:01 PM by ag »

Abortion
Requiring parental notification for women under 18 seeking abortions: Yes, but with judicial exemption (possibly under 16 only)
Requiring parental consent for women under 18 seeking abortions: Yes, but with judicial exemption (under 16 only)
Banning interstate travel of women under 18 attempting to obtain abortions: No
Requiring spousal notification for married women seeking abortions: No
Requiring spousal consent for married women seeking abortions: No
Requiring a woman to have an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion: No (should be up to doctors)
Requiring clinics to notify women of a hypothesis linking abortion with breast cancer: up to doctors or medical regulators
Banning the sale of metal coathangers: No
Prohibiting public funding of abortions: No (but possible limits: if it becomes a regular birth control method, idiots should pay)
Reimbursing the cost of abortion under your favored health care system: yes,  up to limits, as above, if public; up to markets if private
Banning dilation & extraction ("partial-birth abortion"): leave it to doctors and/or medical regulators
     a.) Life of the mother exemption? Yes
     b.) Health of the mother exemption? Yes
     c.) Life of the fetus exemption? Yes
     d.) Health of the fetus exemption (i.e. birth defects)? Yes
Banning late-term abortions: Yes (may be moderately restricted in the second trimester, should be exemptional after that)
     a.) Life of the mother exemption? Yes
     b.) Health of the mother exemption? Yes
     c.) Life of the fetus exemption? Yes
     d.) Health of the fetus exemption (i.e. birth defects)? Yes
     e.) Rape exemption? Yes (though one may be required to show legitimate reasons for the delay)
Legalizing the 'morning-after pill' (emergency contraception):
     a.) Requiring a prescription? No (if so decided by the F.D.A. on purely medical grounds)
     b.) Requiring parental consent for women under 18? No
Requiring abortion clinics to offer fetal anesthesia to women obtaining abortions: Same as with any medical procedure, should be up to the doctors (though deliberate infliction of pain should be cosidered grave professional misconduct)
Mandatory waiting periods for women obtaining abortions: Possible, but short (eg, overnight), and with emergency judicial exemption
Mandatory pro-life counseling for women obtaining abortions: No, but doctors would be well-adviced discussing alternative contraception methods for the future
Funding for pro-life "crisis pregnancy centers": No

Adoption:
Allowing same-sex couples to adopt children: Yes
Allowing single parents to adopt children: Yes
Allowing bisexuals or homosexuals to serve as foster parents: Yes
Government reimbursement of all adoption fees: All - no; in some circumstances - yes

Affirmative Action:
Allowing affirmative action on the basis of race: no, except in exemptional cases and narrowly taylored
Allowing affirmative action on the basis of socioeconomic status: yes
Banning affirmative action for all universities which receive public funding: no

Criminals' Rights:
Capital punishment: no
     a.) For treason? no
     b.) For murder? no
     c.) For terrorism? no
     d.) For rape? no
     e.) For kidnapping? no
Requiring sex offenders to have special license plates: no
Requiring public notification of rehabilitated sex offenders living in communities: no
Banning prisoners from voting: yes, some, depending on the crime, should be an explicit part of the sentence
Banning ex-felons from voting: depending on the crime, but this should be a part of the sentence

Immigration:
Criminalizing tipping off Mexicans about the Minuteman Project: no
Requiring hospitals providing medical care to illegal aliens to report them to the government: No
Denying medical care to illegal aliens: No
Applying civil liberties and anti-torture laws to non-immigrants: yes (should have worldwide application, even for violations entirely outside the U.S.)
Guest worker program: yes
Granting amnesty to illegal aliens: yes, inevitable (though conditions and punishments, eg monetary, may be imposed)
Building a fence/wall across the Mexican border: no
Allowing illegal aliens access to social services, including public education: public education (except college and above): unquestionably and emphatically yes; some other services (eg, unemployment and welfare benefits) no
Including immigrants in your health care plan: legal immigrants - most definitely yes; illegal immigrants - on restricted humanitarian, emergency and public health basis (they should have access to emergency services and vaccination campaigns) and/or for pay (ie, there should be a way of paying a special membership fee into the system no questions asked); foreign visitors - for pay and/or on reciprocity basis with their governments (in exchange for US citizens'/residents' access to their national healthcare systems). Private insurance should, of coruse, be available to all.
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