Emanuela Prister - Freedom Voter Guide

Party:

Republican

District:

15

Office:

State Senate

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Survey Responses:

S = Support
O = Oppose
NR = No Response

Life	S	O	NR
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

Candidate's Comments:

I would also favor other exceptions, such as the age of the woman (if she below a certain age) and in case of rape and incest but all within a certain time limit.

First Amendment	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:

i think the above protections are already enshrined in the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. I do not think such issues need to be necessarily legislated upon considering that the highest Law of the land already affords us such protections. I do lament however that our "civil" discourse or lack thereof, has necessitated suing to protect such rights and that's both expensive and time consuming.

Family	S	O	NR
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:

I think parents ought to be able to get their children the best medical and mental care they need and that they can afford. I have noted over time that the quality of medical and mental health services has degraded due to state or governmental entities pushing a certain political line and forcing professionals to put consideration of personal convenience ahead of the patient's well being, by threatening and withholding or taking away their license to practice medicine. Governmental entities have no business getting in the way of a medical opinion. I think all citizens ought to be protected equally by the law. That's the promise enshrined in our Bill of rights. Considering how the government has been in the business of bestowing special favors to a certain group of citizens at the expense of different classes of citizens, I think the time may have come to have each case judged independently on the merits without regard to the sex, sexual identity, religion, ethnicity, etc etc of the individual claiming a disadvantage. For example, a transgender female (aka a genetic male) may complain of discrimination for not being allowed in the women's restrooms, locker rooms and showers, but there are precise reasons etc that have brought governments such as ours, allow females a protected space. protecting women and children still ought to be the general policy.

Education and Public Safety	S	O	NR
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:

I think children ought to learn everything about American history. The good, the bad and the ugly. And i think children ought to be taught world history too. They will find out that much of what we experienced in our past, like slavery, war, or expansion, subjugation of Native tribes, has also happened in every other country and place on earth. What other places may not have achieved is the sheer miracle of our Founding and the creation of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. They also need to learn that perfection is not of this world but as a country we have certainly aimed at giving more people more freedom, more guaranteed liberties, more ability to chart their own destiny, more ability to work and be productive and accumulate wealth and keep the fruits of one's labor. We have also granted rights and citizenships to people from far off lands, so long as they professed adherence to the ideals of our declaration of Independence, Constitutions, and Bill of Rights. That has been uncommon in world history. that is our greatness. what I object to is the teaching of revisionist "history" that seek to brainwash our children to hate the US. People have a First Amendment right to falsify the historical record or cast things in a pejorative light, but not a cent of public money should go to fund or support that.

Health and Welfare	S	O	NR
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 don't think any minor should be receiving any health care information or treatment other than administering a medication that has been requested by the parent, or the occasional taking of a body temperature. The only exception should be a medical emergency where medical care is required immediately without regard to whether a parent is present or not. Yes, the school should inform the parent that a child needs medical care and then trust that the parent will follow up with medical providers of his or her choice.