TAYLOR WEST

Election Information:

Party: 
Democrat
District: 
63
Office: 
State House or Assembly

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 these questions are misleading. I will never interfere with an individuals right to seek health care with their doctor.
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
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 a parents right to parent, but children should have a say in the therapy they receive and I don't believe in gender confirming therapy to confirm parents religious beliefs.
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 a parents right to parent. But I believe adults in schools need to be able to remain trusted adults for students outside of their family to ensure a greater chance of success for the student.
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:
People should be able to make their own choices at work, so long as the individuals life is not at risk. I do not support life affirming centers and believe they are a hub of scare tactics and misinformation.