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To: The Old Hoosier
Frist's record From Vote-Smart.org

The National Political Awareness Test (NPAT) asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.

Abortion Issues

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning abortion.
[  ] a) Abortions should always be illegal.
[  ] b) Abortions should be illegal when the fetus is viable, with or without life support.
[  ] c) Abortions should always be legally available.
[  ] d) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
[X] e) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
[X] f) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
[X] g) Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and notification requirements as decided by each state government.
[X] h) Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial birth" abortion.
[X] i) Prohibit public funding of abortions and public funding of organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
[  ] j) Support "buffer-zones" by requiring demonstrators to stay at least five feet from abortion clinic doorways and driveways.
[  ] k) Provide funding for family planning programs as a means to decrease the number of abortions.
[  ] l) Other


Sounds rather centrist...probably not good enough to satisfy the anti-abortion zealots though...

405 posted on 12/20/2002 8:56:28 AM PST by Keith in Iowa
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To: Keith in Iowa
If you support the option of abortion in cases of "life of mother" then you cannot support options a, b, d.

You can't make it illegal and provide the option at the same time. The test is illogical in that it is repetitious.

Frist answered as I would, given that I support life of mother exclusion and violent rape exclusion.
409 posted on 12/20/2002 9:01:44 AM PST by xzins
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