Clemson G. Turregano

Election Information:

Party: 
Democrat
District: 
Not Provided
Office: 
State House or Assembly

Contact Information:

www.clemsontsc.com
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Survey Responses:

S = Support
O = Oppose
NR = No Response
Life
S O NR
1.
Prohibiting Abortion: Prohibiting abortion after a baby’s heartbeat is detected, with limited exceptions such as to save the mother’s life or in cases of rape or incest.
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:
To be clear, I am not a doctor, so the answer to question 1 is only within the knowledge I have. What I can affect is whether the mother has the liberty to make a decision about her own body and life in a difficult situation.
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.
Transparency in Banking: Allowing consumers to obtain a written explanation when a financial institution shuts down the consumer’s account to protect against ideologically driven cancellations.
X
7.
Privacy in Financial Giving: Protecting confidential donor information so individuals are able to privately support charities and causes of their choice without fear of being doxed.
X
Candidate's Comments:
Question 5 is poorly worded. I'm not sure what it is asking.
Family
S O NR
8.
Parental Rights in Gender Identity Counseling: 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
9(a).
Protected Class for Sexual Orientation: Elevating “sexual orientation” to a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law.
X
9(b).
Protected Class for Gender Identity: Elevating “gender identity” to a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law.
X
Candidate's Comments:
Sorry, question 8 is a double barrelled question. Parents always have the 'allowance' to obtain professional family counselling. The only thing limiting that access may be time and dedication.
Education and Public Safety
S O NR
10.
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
11.
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
12.
Parental Rights in School Healthcare Disclosure: Directing schools to inform parents of any mental, physical, or emotional health information and treatment that a child is receiving at school.
X
13.
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:
Question 12 is inaccurate. In context, some information may make sense, plus parents should always know when a child is being treated for any medical condition. However, as a child gets older, the nature and content of the conversations should be private unless the child wants the parent to be aware of the content of the conversation. Question 13 is inaccurate because parents already have this ability to remove their children from any curricula they oppose. However, the information remains testable.
Health and Welfare
S O NR
14.
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
15.
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
16.
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:
Question 14 is misleading and inaccurate. Health care workers take an oath to help others. If they do not follow that oath, they will lose their license and be decertified. Question 16 is inaccurate. Why do we need to protect life-affirming support when we would not, at the same time, protect planned parenthood centers or centers that offer the entire range of reproductive medical procedures?