Pro-Life

By Sharon L. Reinker

I believe that human life is sacred and that each person is created in the image of God; that life begins at the moment of conception and ends at the point of natural death;and that all innocent human life must be protected.

Standing with the Republican party as the Party for Life, I stand with the majority of Americans who oppose taxpayer funding of abortion and abortion for sex selection. I oppose the heinous practice commonly known as partial-birth abortion and urge the State Legislature, the Congress and President Bush to pass legislation to ban this procedure. To restore to the states the right to determine the abortion issue, I suppurt the reversal of Roe V. Wade. I also oppose efforts to legalize assisted suicide.

I support and strongly encourage positive alternatives to abortion such as adoption, promoted through legal reforms. I support the existence of pregnancy counseling centers throughout California that offer a private sector alternative during a crisis pregnancy. As well, I support parental consent as a prerequisite for any minor receiving family planning services or having an abortion.