[email protected] www.nerighttolife.org Primary Election Nebraska 2012 V May 15th Right & Candidateoter S Gurveyuide to State Affiliate to the National Right Life to Life Committee Political Action Committee 404 S. 11th Street • P.O. Box 80410 • Lincoln, NE 68501 • (402) 438-4802 2012 Survey for State Candidates ABORTION-RELATED QUESTIONS INVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA In its 1973 rulings, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the U.S. Supreme Some hospitals have implemented formal policies authorizing denial Court created a constitutional “right to abortion” which invalidated of life-saving medical treatment against the will of the patient or the the abortion laws in all 50 states, giving us a policy of abortion on patient’s family if an ethics committee thinks the patient’s so-called demand whereby a woman may obtain an abortion throughout all “quality of life” is unacceptable. The federal Patient Self nine months of pregnancy for any reason. Nebraska Right to Life Determination Act currently requires health care facilities receiv- (NRL) believes that unborn children should be protected by law ing Medicare or Medicaid to ask patients upon admission whether and that abortion is permissible only when the life of the mother they have an advance directive indicating their desire to receive or is in grave, immediate danger and every effort has been made to refuse life-saving treatment under certain circumstances. save both mother and baby. Under what circumstances, if any, do 9. Would you support a ban on physician-assisted suicide? you believe abortion should be legal? 10. Would you oppose involuntary denial of life-saving medical treat- 1A. In no case. ment on the basis of a view that treats extending the life of an 1B. To prevent the death of the mother. elderly, disabled or terminally ill individual as of lower value than 1C. In cases of incest and in cases of forcible rape reported to law extending the life of an individual who is younger, non-disabled enforcement authorities. or not terminally ill? 1D. In cases of fetal deformity. 11. Would you oppose involuntary denial of life-saving medical treat- 1E. In cases to select the desired sex of the child. ment on the basis of the health care provider’s disagreement with how the patient or surrogate values the trade-off between Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton created a “right to abortion” for any extending the length of the patient’s life and the risk of disability? reason until “viability” (into the sixth month) and for any “health” reasons, including “emotional” health, even during the first three HEALTH CARE RESTRUCTURING LEGISLATION: THE months of pregnancy. In the 1992 ruling of Casey v. Planned PATIENT PROTECTION & AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Parenthood, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the core findings of (OBamacaRE) Roe v. Wade and said that any law placing an “undue burden” on On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law The Patient access to abortion would be struck down. Protection & Affordable Care Act which Congress passed over 2. Do you support reversing or changing the Roe v. Wade and the objections of National Right to Life and its state affiliates. Doe v. Bolton decisions so that elected legislative bodies (the State The PPACA provides subsidies for private health plans that cover Legislatures and U.S. Congress) may once again protect unborn elective abortion and contains provisions that are likely to result children by limiting and/or prohibiting abortion? in further expansion of abortion through administrative actions 3. Would you support banning the use of public facilities, employees by various federal agencies. or funds for the performance of or referral for abortion? 12. Do you support the repeal of the Patient Protection & Affordable 4. Would you support de-funding federal and state tax dollars from Care Act (Obamacare)? organizations such as Planned Parenthood using a tiered ap- proach that shows preference for public tax dollars to public health POLITICAL FREE SPEECH QUESTION entities that have no ties to abortion? NRL Political Action Committee is registered under the Nebraska 5. Abortion clinics in Nebraska are largely unregulated. Would you Accountability & Disclosure Commission to conduct political support requiring abortion clinics to meet the same public health activity advocating for or against specific candidates as well as standards as other out-patient surgical facilities? for or against ballot issues. As such, NRL PAC funds are entirely separate from other funds and NRL PAC reports all expenditures MEDICAL ETHICS QUESTIONS and income for its PAC to NADC. The following issue does not Note: For Questions 6 & 7, the term “use” means: “the sale, pur- involve NRL PAC, but non-political contact and issue advocacy chase, research and/or transplantation of” by citizens groups, which NRL Inc. engages in. 6. Would you support banning the “use” of human embryonic stem In recent years, some powerful members of Congress and special cells, either multiple frozen embryos created through in vitro fer- interest groups have pushed for enactment of regulations on what tilization or embryos created for the express purpose of medical they call “grassroots lobbying,” by which they mean organized ef- research? forts to encourage citizens to contact elected officials to express a 7. Would you support banning the “use” of cloning (somatic cell point of view about a public policy issue. NRL believes that such nuclear transfer) of new human embryos either for therapeutic communication by citizens to their leaders should be encouraged research or for reproductive purposes? and that such activity should not be hampered by record keeping 8. Would you support protecting the rights of medical professionals and reporting requirements. and institutions not to be forced into actions that violate their moral 13. Would you oppose legislation that would impose new regulatory and ethical beliefs regarding abortion, euthanasia and unethical burdens on efforts to motivate citizens to contact elected officials? medical research? 14. Would you oppose legislation that would penalize corporations, 16. In the Legislature, many want to be known as pro-life and will vote including non-profit corporations such as NRL Inc., for engaging pro-life, but few senators are willing to introduce pro-life bills. Can in the types of free speech that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled Nebraska Right to Life count on you to seriously consider introduc- are protected by the First Amendment? ing pro-life legislation that we would like to see pursued? 17. Can Nebraska Right to Life count on you to seriously consider ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING LEGISLATURE; FOR “prioritizing” a pro-life bill to help it move out of committee, receive STATE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES ONLY floor debate and final passage? (Federal, State Constitutional Officers, State Board of Education & Board of Regents candidates need not answer the following) LEGISLATIVE VOTES ON PRO-LIFE BILLS 15. Would you vote to “pull” a bill out of committee to the floor if the 18. Final vote on passage of LB 521, Stop Web Cam Abortions. committee is holding or kills a pro-life bill? 19. Final vote on passage of LB 690, Parental Consent. 20. Final vote on passage of LB 22, Opt Out of Abortion Insurance 21. Final vote on passage of LB 599, Prenatal Care Answers to Survey From Page 1 SURVEY KEY Nebraska Right to Life Political Action Y = Yes, Pro-Life In Most Cases N = No, Against Pro-Life Committee Pro-Life Endorsed Candidates are In Most Cases in CAPITAL LETTERS, Underlined, Bolded – = Did Not Answer Yes or No = Comments on File and Check Marked. #’s 18-21, Y=Yes which means they* voted pro-life on the bill U.S. PRESIDENT MITT ROMNEY (NRL PAC defers to National Right to Life PAC’s decision in this race and NRLC PAC has endorsed Romney) U.S. Senate Name 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 JON BRUNING - Y - - - Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DEB FISCHER N Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N PAT FLYNN Y N N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y DON STENBERG N Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Sharyn Elander, Steve Lustgarten, Larry Marvin, Sherman Yates, Spencer Zimmerman (Did Not Respond) Vote Chuck Hassebrook (Withdrew) Pro-Life Bob Kerrey (Did Not Respond) (Pro-abortion voting record when in Senate) May 15th! U.S. House Dist. 1 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 JEFF Fortenberry - Y* - - - Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y -* See Criteria For Dennis Parker Y N* N N N Y Y Y Y* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Endorsement Jessica Turek (Did Not Respond) Korey Reiman (Did Not Respond) Box Robert Way (Responded but withdrew from race) on Page 4 Dist. 2 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 LEE TERRY - Y - - - Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Glenn Freeman Y Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N* Brett Lindstrom Y N N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Paul Anderson, John W. Ewing Jr., Jack Heidel (Did Not Respond) Gwen Howard (Did Not Respond) N Y N Y Dist.