Angi Aramburu
Election Information:
Party:
Democrat
District:
122
Office:
State House
Contact Information:
www.angifortexas.com
facebook.com/angifortexas
@angifortexas
Survey Responses:
S = Support
O = Oppose
NR = No Response
O = Oppose
NR = No Response
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Life
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S | O | NR |
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1.Prohibiting Abortion: Prohibiting abortion except when necessary to save the mother's life. |
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 |
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First Amendment
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S | O | NR |
|---|---|---|---|
4.Conscience Rights for Creative Professionals: Allowing creative professionals (photographer, baker, wedding vendor) to decline to participate in events or create messages that violate their moral or religious beliefs. |
X | ||
5.Conscience Rights for Faith-Based Organizations: Exempting faith-based organizations from regulations that cause them to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs. |
X | ||
6.Free Speech on Campus: Prohibiting speech zones or speech codes that restrict where students can discuss controversial or unpopular issues on college campuses. |
X | ||
7.Donor Privacy: Protecting confidential donor information so individuals are able to privately support charities of their choice without fear of being doxed. |
X |
Candidate's Comments:
Private businesses should have the freedom to serve whomever they choose. Faith-based organizations should not be considered "above the law" based on their religious beliefs. Freedom of speech is paramount and should not be restricted as long as it does not cause imminent danger (ie. yelling "fire" in a crowded room). Donors should be able to anonymously support charities.
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Family
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S | O | NR |
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8.Women's Sports: Preventing biological males who identify as female from competing in women's sports. |
X | ||
9.Gender Identity Counseling: Allowing parents to obtain professional counseling for children struggling with gender identity issues to help them reach their desired outcome. |
X | ||
10(a).Protected Class for Sexual Orientation: Adding “sexual orientation” as a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law. |
X | ||
10(b).Protected Class for Gender Identity: Adding “gender identity” as a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law. |
X |
Candidate's Comments:
The NCAA and other associations that oversee sports have already created policies pertaining to this. I do not think the state should have a role in determining eligibility, it should be left up to the Associations (just as the state should not interfere with membership or participation in other non-government activities). Parents should have the ability to get whatever help is necessary for their children without interference from the government. Everyone deserves the right to be protected against discrimination.
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Education and Public Safety
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S | O | NR |
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11.School Choice: Allowing the use of tax credits, vouchers, and education savings accounts to cover the cost of children attending the school of their parents' choice, including private schools. |
X | ||
12.Parental Rights for Opt-Out: Giving parents the ability to opt their children out of school materials and lessons to which the parents object. |
X | ||
13.Critical Race Theory: Allowing schools to teach children that America's laws, policies, and society perpetuate systemic racism and that people are either oppressors or oppressed, or privileged or marginalized, based on their skin color. |
X | ||
14.Parental Rights for Transparency in Education: Giving parents access to the curriculum and materials their children are learning in school and allowing them to decide whether or not their children should be exposed to certain ideas. |
X |
Candidate's Comments:
Parents should be able to choose the school that best suits their children and family, but tax payers should not have to pay for private school tuition. I have met with the superintendents in our District to get first-hand knowledge of these issues. A law was passed in the 1990's that guaranteed parents the right to ask the school at any time for information on curriculum and school materials, and that is still the standard. However, asking teachers to post curriculum in advance is overly burdensome. Teachers often adjust the curriculum if a particular lesson is more difficult or easier for students than expected. They cannot be expected to continuously update a public document along with all of their other duties. They are professionals and we need to treat them as such. The superintendents also assured me that CRT is not part of the curriculum and never has been.
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Health and Welfare
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S | O | NR |
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15.Medical Rights of Conscience: Allowing health care workers and providers the freedom to practice medicine in accordance with their personal beliefs and conscience. |
X | ||
16.Parental Rights for Healthcare Disclosure: Requiring schools to disclose to parents if the school is providing counseling or medical services to a child who desires to undergo “gender transition.” |
X | ||
17.Parental Rights for Mental Health Disclosure: Directing schools to inform parents of any mental, physical, or emotional health information and treatment that a child is receiving at school. |
X |
Candidate's Comments:
I believe that healthcare decisions should be made based on the needs of the individual and the recommendations of their doctor. Politicians (in most cases) are not medical experts and should not be weighing in on these vital decisions. I also believe that terminally ill patients should have the right to end their suffering if they choose.