2022 Candidate Survey

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1. Do you agree that human life begins at conception (i.e. fertilization)?(Required)

Yes

Even the current Texas Penal Code already defines “person” to include “individual” and defines “individual” to mean “a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.” Texas Penal Code § 1.07(a)(26) and (38)

2. Do you agree that the Texas and U.S. constitutions do not recognize a right to an abortion, and that the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court opinion Roe v. Wade is unconstitutional?(Required)

Yes

3. Do you agree with the “Equal Protection” Principle of the Republican Party of Texas?(Required)

Yes

According to the Rules of the Republican Party of Texas, its principles expressed in the preamble to the party platform “clearly define the Party’s values” and are the Republican Party’s “core principles.” Principle #2 reads as follows: “We believe in the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God, which should be equally protected from fertilization to natural death.” - Current Republican Party Rules 43A and 44 (https://texasgop.org/rules/, page 34), Current Republican Party Principles (https://texasgop.org/platform/, page 2)

4. Do you agree with Plank 325 of the Republican Party of Texas Platform?(Required)

Yes

“Since life begins at conception, we urge the Texas Legislature to abolish abortion through enacting legislation that would immediately secure the rights to life and would ignore or refuse to enforce any and all federal statutes, regulations, orders, and court rulings that would deny these rights.” - Current Republican Party Platform (https://texasgop.org/platform/, page 32)

5. Would you publicly support legislation consistent with the current Legislative Priority of the Republican Party of Texas which calls for abolishing abortion, like HB 3326 from the 87th Legislature (Regular Session)?(Required)

Yes

“Abolish abortion by ensuring the right to life and equal protection of the laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization.” - Current Republican Party Legislative Priorities (https://texasgop.org/priorities/)

6. Would you agree to publicly call upon the Attorney General of Texas to issue an opinion concluding that Roe v. Wade is unconstitutional?(Required)

Yes

In 1974, the Attorney General of Texas issued an opinion declaring that Texas laws against abortion were no longer of any effect because they had been held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in Roe v. Wade. This question asks whether you would publicly join a call for the Attorney General of Texas to overrule the previous attorney general opinion and issue an opinion concluding that Roe v. Wade is unconstitutional. - 1974 Tex. AG LEXIS 182 (https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/opinions/opinions/45hill/op/1974/pdf/ jh0369.pdf)

7. Would you agree to oppose legislation that discriminates against any preborn child and violates the U.S. Constitution by denying that person the equal protection of the laws?(Required)

Yes

The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides, “No state shall... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”