John L Couch
Election Information:
Party:
Republican
District:
92
Office:
State House
Contact Information:
John L Couch Republican Candidate for Indiana House of Representatives District 92
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 |
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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:
The way you are born is your right, who you have relations with is a choice. I believe in Live and Let Live. A human being in the United States of America and the State of Indiana should never be discriminated. Discrimination of a human being is wrong. Respect goes in all directions, just as a human being wants respect for their choices, the other side should be respected in their decisions of choices. If I need to I can reword so this makes sense. The question for religious organizations is vague, depends on what the regulation is. It's always Safety First. Free Speech is our First Amendment Right, this goes for all sides, creating speech zones is wrong. Teaching people how to Listen, Listening Skills is a skill that a lot of people could be successful with. Listening Skills teaches respect for the speaker and if you have a conversation with a person, you might understand what they are trying to say. Segregation listening is wrong.
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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 way you are born is your right, changing your gender is a choice. Changing the gender of a minor child should be prohibited.
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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:
In the development of the United States of America the actions of a few were wrong. American History needs to be taught as it was. There are a lot of K thru 12 schools that are eligible for Federal Pell Grants, before the State assists, the Federal Pell Grants should be explored.
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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:
Abortion should be illegal in the State of Indiana, except pregnancy caused by a crime or Medical. The Abortion Bill passed I agree with, however, the bill needs to add protection of male humans from being wrongly accused of a crime. Very clear that a female human reports crime immediately and if needed choice if pregnant. Note, all crimes in Indiana should be reported immediately by the victim.