Michael Schnoes' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Iowa State Legislative Election 2024 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds (e.g. Medicaid) for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| If you would have asked me last year if I would vote yes on the Heartbeat Bill, I would have said yes. To be honest it would have been hard, but I would have. Since then I have changed my mind. I had the opportunity to speak with some family members who are and were in the medical field here in Iowa for decades, several women from my district and other medical professionals. They informed me that it is not possible to create an abortion bill that is good. I have a relative who worked in Sioux City for several years. She informed me that they often could not talk a mother out of having an abortion, most of the women that came in that wanted an abortion had already made their mind up. The gut wrenching stories of the women who performed a home or back aisle abortion were the ones that really got to me. Imagine having to tell a woman who performed a home abortion on herself that it would not be possible for her to have children in the future because she damaged her reproductive system by performing a home abortion. Imagine an 18 year old female who came into your ER because she thought it was a good idea to drink a gallon drain cleaner to abort her unborn child. In this case, the mother burned her esophagus and she damaged her brain for the rest of her life. We now have to ask ourselves if this is going to put a strain on our Iowa Healthcare System due to the increased risk of infection and sepsis due to the simple fact that there will be significantly more people interested in doing these "back alley abortions". Furthermore, is this going to be an issue that spreads BBPs (Blood Borne Pathogens)? Are there going to be increased risks of HIV and/or Hepatitis? We just do not know yet, but I am sure that in a few years we will be able to review the data to see if we did the ethical thing or not. | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support limiting state government spending on social programs (e.g. SNAP, TANF)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support a decrease in income taxes in order to promote economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support a wealth tax in order to pay for public programs in your state? | ||
| I believe in a tier tax. The more you make the more you can afford to pay. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for violent crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders? | ||
| I believe that we have become to soft on most crimes. That being said we to start treating certain crimes as additions and not crimes. I do not support the use of marijuana for everyone, but I do know people who used it for medical reasons. I personal look as marijuana as a drug just like alcohol and tobacco. We should be treating marijuana as that type of a drug and not throwing people in jail for using it. The issue state are having with marijuana is that financial institutions are not allowed to give them a banking account do to federal regulations. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth (e.g. grants, tax incentives)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector (e.g. for business or the environment)? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage in Iowa? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support government spending on affordable housing projects in Iowa? | ||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards (e.g. Common Core) in Iowa? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Iowa? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants in the United States who graduate from Iowa high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities, regardless of immigration status? | ||
| First of all you have to understand that our Constitution states that it is up to a state or a parent to determine how their children should be educated. State funds should not be going to private schools. I believe in fair wages for educators and we have not been keeping up with the cost of living for some state employees. We should be doing everying in our power to keep our youth in our state. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state governments allowing permits for drilling on public lands? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| It our job to try to reduce our carbon footprint and there are many things we can do to increase our production of energy. | |||
| Yes | a)Do you support limiting campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the use of an independent or bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support the implementation of ranked choice voting in Iowa? | ||
| Yes | f) Should it be a requirement that any potential voter be first verified as a U.S. citizen prior to registering to vote and/or casting a ballot? | ||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation (e.g. red flag laws, closing the boyfriend loophole)? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the right to concealed carry in Iowa? | ||
| No | d) Should teachers be allowed to carry firearms in the classroom, provided they register for and pass a safety evaluation? | ||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support a government-run (e.g. single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for-All? | ||
| No | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die (e.g. those with a terminal illness) through euthanasia? | ||
| No | d) Do you support mandating vaccinations (e.g. for school or employment)? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave benefits (e.g. maternity leave)? | ||
| Yes | f) Should the government be able to regulate the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| No | a) Do you support inclusion of sexual orientation in Iowa's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Iowa's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by Iowa's state government in closing gender, racial, and other wage gaps? | ||
| I will be running a bill the prevent parents from being able to legally kidnap a child, children from and to Iowa or concealing a child from the other parent. I will be running a bill that requires all miscarriages in Iowa to be legal recorded as "Medical Miscarriage -Abortions". Currently the state of Iowa only pays $0.21 cents on the $1 for medical coverage. This is causing to an large medical issue in our state. I will be running a bill the prevent parents from being able to legally kidnap a child, children from and to Iowa or concealing a child from the other parent. Currently the state of Iowa only pays $0.21 cents on the $1 for medical coverage. This is causing to an large medical issue in our state. A few years ago the State of Iowa passed a bill removing collective bargaining from just one state group of employees. This is a clear violation of our rights and is discrimination. |
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