Jay Vanier

Election Information:

Party: 
Republican
District: 
71
Office: 
State House or Assembly

Contact Information:

jayvanier.com

Survey Responses:

S = Support
O = Oppose
NR = No Response
Life
S O NR
1.
Protecting Life: Protecting the right to life of an unborn baby with a beating heart.
X
2.
Taxpayer Funded Abortion: Allowing taxpayer dollars to fund organizations that provide abortion.
X
3.
Physician-Assisted Suicide: Allowing voluntary physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
X
Candidate's Comments:
I believe human life is sacred and should be protected from conception to natural death. I support protecting unborn children with a detectable heartbeat, oppose taxpayer funding for abortion providers, and oppose physician-assisted suicide.
First Amendment
S O NR
4.
Conscience Rights for Professionals: Prohibiting the government from denying required licensure or certification to individuals because of their religious or political beliefs.
X
5.
Conscience Rights for Faith-Based Organizations: Exempting faith-based organizations (e.g. adoption/foster care providers, private schools) from regulations that cause them to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.
X
6.
Prohibiting De-Banking/Insuring Based on Beliefs: Prohibiting financial institutions from shutting a customer’s bank account or canceling their insurance because of their religious or political views.
X
Candidate's Comments:
I support protecting individuals and organizations from discrimination based on their sincerely held religious or political beliefs. The government should not deny someone a license, certification, or opportunity simply because of their faith or viewpoint. Faith-based organizations should not be forced to violate their beliefs in order to serve their communities, and financial institutions should not be allowed to punish customers by closing accounts or canceling services because of their religious or political views.
Family
S O NR
7.
Protecting Kids from Social Media: Requiring platforms to by default prevent underage accounts without parental permission, preserve parents' authority when access is allowed, and remove addictive design features and data exploitation from underage accounts.
X
8(a).
Parental Rights: Allowing parents to obtain professional counseling for a child struggling with gender confusion to help the child find comfort with his or her biological sex.
X
8(b).
Parental Rights: Protecting parents from losing custody of their child solely because they treat their child consistent with his or her biological sex.
X
Candidate's Comments:
I support protecting children online by requiring platforms to prevent underage access without parental permission, preserve parental authority when access is allowed, and remove addictive design features and data exploitation from underage accounts. I also support the right of parents to seek professional counseling for a child struggling with gender confusion to help that child find comfort with his or her biological sex, and I support protecting parents from losing custody simply because they treat their child consistent with his or her biological sex.
Education
S O NR
9.
School Choice: Allowing the use of tax credits, vouchers, and/or education savings accounts to cover the cost of children attending the school of their parents’ choice, including private religious schools.
X
10.
Free Speech at School: Protecting teachers and students from being forced to refer to a person by inaccurate pronouns that do not align with the person’s sex.
X
11.
School Healthcare Disclosure to Parents: Requiring schools to inform parents of any mental, physical, or emotional health information and treatment that a child is receiving at school.
X
12.
Transparency in School Curriculum & Activities: Giving parents access to the curriculum, presentations, and activities that their children are learning in school and allowing them to opt their children out of school extra-curricular activities, presentations, or specific lessons to which the parents object.
X
Candidate's Comments:
I support giving parents more control over their children’s education, including the ability to use tax credits, vouchers, or education savings accounts to choose the school that best fits their child, including private religious schools. I also support protecting teachers and students from being forced to use pronouns that do not align with biological sex. Parents should be fully informed about any mental, physical, or emotional health information or treatment their child receives at school, and they should have access to curriculum, presentations, and activities, with the right to opt their child out when they object.
Health and Welfare
S O NR
13.
Medical Rights of Conscience: Protecting health care workers from losing their jobs if they decline to participate in a procedure or treatment that violates their personal beliefs and conscience.
X
14.
Women’s Privacy: Preventing males who identify as female from entering sex-separated spaces intended for females, such as showers, locker rooms, bathrooms, dormitories, women’s shelters, prisons, etc.
X
15.
Protecting Pregnancy Centers: Ensuring pregnancy centers that provide life-affirming support to women and their families are not targeted or penalized by government officials.
X
Candidate's Comments:
I support protecting health care workers from being forced to participate in procedures or treatments that violate their personal beliefs or conscience. I also support protecting women and girls by keeping sex-separated spaces, such as showers, locker rooms, bathrooms, dormitories, shelters, and prisons, reserved for biological females. In addition, I support ensuring that pregnancy centers providing life-affirming care and support to women and families are not unfairly targeted or penalized by government officials.