Jim Povolish
Election Information:
Party:
Republican
District:
78
Office:
State House or Assembly
Contact Information:
www.PovolishForMissouri.com
@PovolishForMO78
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. The government is meant to serve the people, NOT to steer them into required lanes or classes for it's benefit. "Of", "By" and "For the people" state this very clearly. The First Amendment was clearly and certainly listed as the FIRST for a reason. While there are certainly political parties, the Government should not be perceived to behave or act as one. 5. The 1st Amendment makes this VERY clear and if adhered to, would solve this problem on it's own merit. 6. If you are being targeted based on your ideological viewpoints, this is a necessary tool in the fight for your 1st Amendment rights. 7. In this world we live in where information is traded as currency, your personal charitable wishes should not make you a target for others.
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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:
8. It is paramount that we recognize that the Government is NOT the parent and that while we must respect the right of the child, we must also protect that child from undue influence and recognize the rights of the parents who raise them. Children are malleable to outside influences especially in this day and age of technology. A strong society begins with a strong family household. If the child once of age, sees things a certain way, so be it, BUT it is more abusive not to allow counseling and discussion so the child can learn and know the difference. 9.(a) I believe that Americans should be protected from discrimination of race, religion, sex, age, disability and orientation. 9.(b) I do not feel as if making a decision in assuming an identity is justifiable to require protections from others opinions of that decision
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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:
10. I support the protection of a parents tax dollars and allowing them to utilize them for the best educational return possible to achieve their child's academic success. 11. I support an individuals right to not be bullied into speech which subverts their rights and beliefs. Forcing speech while ignoring facts to prevent offending the person demanding it, negates the point of the First Amendment and those parties Constitutional rights. It also forces ignoring the rules of grammar to prevent offense. There are no Constitutional rights to prevent someone from being offended. 12. A Parent is the FIRST authority in the lives of their children, NOT a school bureaucracy. It is paramount for the parents to be aware of ANY medical, mental or other health situations that arise to prevent them from escalating. The predominant issues in our society today come from less parental involvement in development. The school system/Govt should NOT be the parent/decision maker in a child's life when their interests generally end w the school day. 13. Parents should have an idea and input into the information and behaviors as well as the activities their children are involved in. Teachers are there to teach, not indoctrinate based on their own beliefs. If your child knows their teachers political and ideological beliefs, those teachers have failed to teach them but instead have indoctrinated them.
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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:
1. I oppose Abortion 2.I cannot condone requiring taxpayers to pay for something such as this where religious and personal moral principles would be subverted in the process. 3.I oppose suicide in all its forms. I believe life is a gift and as you live it you must make the most of it for yourself and for others. I am the son of a Cancer victim and she lived her life until her time with us was over and cherished every second of it. Ending your life early for whatever reason, denigrates the importance of that gift.