Election 2008
Vote NO on Prop 4 - Keep Teens Safe
Dangerous initiatives will be lurking on the November ballot in California. For the third time in four years, opponents of legal abortion are attempting to restrict teenagers’ access to abortion.
Proposition 4 is similar to two ballot measures that voters wisely struck down in recent years—Prop 85 in November 2006 and Prop 73 in November 2005. Like them, Prop 4 would amend the state constitution to require parents to be notified or for the teenager to obtain approval from a judge—both of which could dangerously delay pregnant teenagers’ ability to receive counseling and medical care.
Mandatory parental notification laws like Prop 4 put teenagers in real danger. They create barriers to pregnant teenagers’ ability to access critical medical care. A scared, pregnant teen who can’t go to her parents can feel trapped and desperate. She might choose to have an unsafe, illegal abortion. She might even contemplate suicide. That’s why the American Academy of Pediatrics, California Nurses Association, California Teachers Association, California Medical Association, and California Association of School Counselors all oppose Prop 4.
It’s time to show once and for all that Californians want to protect the safety of our teenagers. Read more …
Vote YES on Proposition 5 - Nonviolent Offenders. Sentencing,Parole and Rehabilitation.
Prop 5, on the other hand, takes a sensible and balanced approach to the problem of non-violent crime. It offers common sense solutions to prison overcrowding by providing drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration for non-violent offenders, saving California taxpayers billions of dollars. Read more…
Vote NO on Proposition 6 - Criminal Penalties and Laws. Public Safety Funding.
Prop 6 is focused on the wrong priorities. We need real solutions to violent crime. But that’s not what Prop 6 provides. Prop 6 threatens to take funding away from the places we need it the most — like education — and to spend billions on the same costly and ineffective methods, such as incarcerating more youth, that have failed to help our communities, at great cost to all Californians. Read more…
Vote NO on Proposition 8 – Protect Marriage Equality for All
Proposition 8 on the November 2008 ballot would amend the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. Californians don’t want to single out one group of people for unfair treatment. Voting No on Prop 8 will ensure that everyone’s right to marry is protected equally. Read more…
Vote NO on Proposition 9 - Criminal Justice System. Victims’Rights. Parole.
Prop 9 is a well intentioned but poorly written and truly dangerous initiative. It will negatively impact California’s most vulnerable residents — our children — by diverting hundreds of millions from schools and education to spending on prisons and jails. It puts huge burdens on local law enforcement and creates more red tape but does not provide new services to victims. Read more…
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