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Filuwaúrdjan
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« on: August 12, 2007, 08:09:04 PM »

Abortion
Requiring parental notification for women under 18 seeking abortions: I'm not comfortable with the idea for one or two reasons... though I'm also not comfortable with the idea that having an abortion is somehow less serious than taking aspirin. Ah... the silly little hypocrisies that this issue seems to generate...
Requiring parental consent for women under 18 seeking abortions: see above
Banning interstate travel of women under 18 attempting to obtain abortions: seems a little pointless
Requiring spousal notification for married women seeking abortions: any marriage in which this is likely to be an issue is dead anyway.
Requiring spousal consent for married women seeking abortions: see above
Requiring a woman to have an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion: not sure. Should be some form of counselling though.
Requiring clinics to notify women of a hypothesis linking abortion with breast cancer: not familier with the hypothesis, so no idea.
Banning the sale of metal coathangers: don't be silly
Prohibiting public funding of abortions: depends doesn't it? Commercial ventures into this area certainly shouldn't get any public money though.
Reimbursing the cost of abortion under your favored health care system: dependeth
Banning dilation & extraction ("partial-birth abortion"): of course. But there should be no need of actually legislation as any responsible professional organisation would have (effectively) banned it anyway...
     a.) Life of the mother exemption? no, because it's never medically necessary.
     b.) Health of the mother exemption? see above
     c.) Life of the fetus exemption? see above
     d.) Health of the fetus exemption (i.e. birth defects)? see above
Banning late-term abortions: yes
     a.) Life of the mother exemption? of course
     b.) Health of the mother exemption? only if serious
     c.) Life of the fetus exemption? obvious really...
     d.) Health of the fetus exemption (i.e. birth defects)? no
     e.) Rape exemption? yes, but I would rather it not strictly speaking be written like that. Include it under the health exception or something (just not comfortable with the idea, even at a technical level, of something that looks a little like the death penalty by proxy).
Legalizing the 'morning-after pill' (emergency contraception): yes
     a.) Requiring a prescription? guess not
     b.) Requiring parental consent for women under 18? no
Requiring abortion clinics to offer fetal anesthesia to women obtaining abortions: don't be silly
Mandatory waiting periods for women obtaining abortions: '' ''
Mandatory pro-life counseling for women obtaining abortions: sort of, yes.
Funding for pro-life "crisis pregnancy centers": see above.

Adoption:
Allowing same-sex couples to adopt children: yes
Allowing single parents to adopt children: guess so
Allowing bisexuals or homosexuals to serve as foster parents: yes
Government reimbursement of all adoption fees: no

Affirmative Action:
Allowing affirmative action on the basis of race: maybe in some circumstances
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: never
     a.) For treason?
     b.) For murder?
     c.) For terrorism?
     d.) For rape?
     e.) For kidnapping?
Requiring sex offenders to have special license plates: no. Over here that would result in lynchings.
Requiring public notification of rehabilitated sex offenders living in communities: no
Banning prisoners from voting: yes
Banning ex-felons from voting: no

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:
Guest worker program: better than some alternatives I guess
Granting amnesty to illegal aliens: yes
Building a fence/wall across the Mexican border: no
Allowing illegal aliens access to social services, including public education: sure
Including immigrants in your health care plan: of course
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