Halter lays out his position on choice. In the video, Halter does a good job of explaining his views on the divisive issue. To sum it up, he wants to reduce the number of abortions, but he respects the right of others to choose. And when asked pointedly if he supports Roe v. Wade he says yes.
On top of that, in the blogger’s conference I asked him about his views on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. He said he agrees with the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the time has come to repeal it. So, we can now update our record of Bill Halter’s issue positions:
Health care:
-supports a government run, medicare like public option that people can buy into
-wants to focus heavily on preventive medicine
-reduce costs through modern technology
Workers rights:
-supports the right of workers to unionize
-wants to crack down on workplace intimidation
-supports the Employee Free Choice Act and has hopes for the new, post card check compromise
Environment and energy:
-iffy on cap and trade
-does not support Murkowski-Lincoln effort to weaken CO2 regulation
-supports investment in clean energy
Taxes
-friendly to middle class tax reduction
-opposes elimination of the estate tax
Social Security
-opposes privatization of social security
LGBT issues
-opposed Act 1
-supports repealing DADT
Abortion
-supports keeping Roe v. Wade as law of the land
-personally against abortion but unwilling to infringe on the rights of others to choose
-for finding measures to reduce the number of abortions that both sides can agree upon
Education
-championed the lottery scholarships program
-strong supporter of pre-K programs
