Elizabeth Bulthuis
Election Information:
Party:
Democrat
District:
47
Office:
State House or Assembly
Contact Information:
elizabethbulthuis4hd47.com
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 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 |
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First Amendment
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S | O | NR |
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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:
4. Isn't denying licensure or cerification for reasons of religion or politics, etc. , considered discrimination? 5. I would like to understand which regulations would be affected. Children's safety being paramount. Freedom Of Religion is kinda big in our Democracy. 6. Absolutely. No doubt. We should all have the right to know why we were denied, or shut down. 7. I think this is ok. But I wonder about transparency. Does this include political contributions? I'm not sure this is so black and white.
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Family
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S | O | NR |
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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:
Number 8 is not very clear. Are we talking about counseling to let them discover who they really are? Or a type counseling which tells them they are "wrong" for feeling this way so they can cope with being in the wrong body?
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Education and Public Safety
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S | O | NR |
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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:
12. Parents should be informed but can that be done without giving up student/counselor confidentiality? What if a student does not feel "safe" sharing their feelings at home. There is a thin line here. If this is about Kids going to school straight and coming home gay, I have a very hard time even justifying this with an answer. It is an absurd notion and has no basis in fact. I cannot support because it is too vague. 13. I believe a class curriculum is distributed to all students art the beginning of the school year. PTA is a great group to get involved with to stay informed. I think a parent has always had the right to opt out of activities for their kids. My friends got out of all kinds of stuff with a note from their parents.
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Health and Welfare
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S | O | NR |
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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:
Abortion care is reproductive care is healthcare!! We need to codify Roe V. Wade My Mom took advantage of the "Dignified Death" Law. She was a nurse and from a very young age, we knew that she would never do Chemo or Radiation. At the age of 80, she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. She was able to stretch out her life for a couple years with a life extending drug. But when the end drew near, she knew it was time. Quality of life was everything to her. She was a woman of faith, and was not afraid of death, just sad for what she knew she was going to miss. There was a lot of beurocracy, bit I think that is appropriate for this particular issue. And the guidelines are clear. A terminal illness usually ends in a brutally awful and cruel way. I hope I am afforded this same right if I ever get a terminal diagnosis. Not to mention the pure suffering that loved ones have to witness and endure at the end of a deadly illness. I believe, very strongly, in the right to a dignified death.