Iowa – About Greg Johnson

Summary

This survey is primarily intended for women in the state Iowa to convey their preference regarding state laws that will determine the rights of all women in the state. Submissions can be made anonymously. By completing this survey, you are helping provide a better understanding of the will of women in Iowa.

The aggregated survey outcomes may be generally shared on this page. This is a small non-scientific poll, and the outcome should be compared with other similar surveys for establishing better insights.
Survey submissions can be later changed or retracted and deleted on request by the survey participant.
When completing the survey, as applicable, answer relevant questions as you would wish to be treated and have other women treated.
This survey is intended for women who might be impacted by Iowa legislation. If you wish to complete the survey and are outside of Iowa or not a woman, please indicate that in the concluding comments.
More information about the survey is below, along with materials for further reading to assist with answering the survey. This survey is based on topics and questions recently raised by politicians and legislators and does not reflect the views or opinions of the survey creator.

Survey

Up to how many weeks gestation should abortion be legal? Enter 0 if never.

For purposes of developing legislation, at how many weeks should the law consider the heartbeat to be measurable? Opinions vary from as little as 6 weeks to as many as 17 weeks or more. Indicate a number of weeks and explain.

For purposes of developing legislation, at how many weeks should the law consider fetal viability? Should this determination change over time based on advances in healthcare?

Should exceptions be allowed for abortion? If so, describe their influence on the guidelines.

Should women be required to have regular medical checkups to ensure all pregnancies are reported and closely tracked?

Should pregnant women be prevented from traveling across state borders if the state they are entering has more lenient abortion laws?

If a woman has a miscarriage or stillbirth, should there be a criminal investigation to determine if the incident was induced or if there was negligence?

If women are forced to bring all pregnancies to term, how will forced birthing be administered? Would detainment be appropriate?

Should women be prosecuted, fined, punished, and/or incarcerated if they do not comply with the mandatory birthing laws?

If it were possible to have artificial wombs in labs, or successful fetal transplants, should that be acceptable and allowed as an alternative to abortion?

If a state establishes mandatory birthing laws, should the state cover 100% of prenatal care and maternal healthcare costs?

For states with mandatory birthing laws, should the state guarantee quality adoption options and cover all costs?

For states with mandatory birthing laws, should the state cover all costs of delivery and guarantee exceptional guardianship and education through college?

For states with mandatory birthing laws, should the state be legally liable for health complications or death of the mother?

For states seeking to establish mandatory birthing laws, should the state be required to resolve problems of food scarcity, poverty, inaccessible housing, and dwindling water supplies before demanding that women give birth to babies in those states?

Do you find it offensive, misogynistic, and cruel for a body of legislators who are mostly men to make life-impacting decisions for women?

Do you believe that mandatory birthing laws are impossible to fully implement and enforce?

Are mandatory birthing laws a violation of human rights?

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Purpose

The purpose of this survey is to provide some information to male voters in Iowa who want their voting to reflect the preferences of women in their state. This can help ensure that women are collectively and democratically self-governed rather than governed by the opinions and decisions of men.

Background

On 24 June 2022, in the United States, decisions about reproductive choices were taken away from individual women and transferred to state legislators. This means that for some states, principles of imminent domain will govern women’s uteruses. That part of the body will not be governed by the woman, and because pregnancy and birthing are so all-encompassing, women will no longer have complete autonomy of their lives. Voters in each state will be responsible to select legislators who will establish laws supporting or limiting women’s freedoms.

Message from Survey Creator

On 29 Jun 2022, in researching women’s views on life and choice, I read a comment posted by a woman responding to the heartbeat law in Tennessee. She said, “I just hope that woman will become more responsible for their decisions.” I was surprised by that comment. It seems to me that not all pregnancies are the result of a decision a woman makes. Some are the result of assault. Perhaps some women (and some men) see pregnancy as an apt ‘punishment’ or abiding-consequence for promiscuity. While that is an antiquated and rare viewpoint, it may still be prevalent today. I wanted to get more input from women to help guide my voting decisions, so I created this survey. It is a follow-up to my initial writing on this topic, “Thoughts on Life and Choice After the Fall of Roe V. Wade on 24 June 2022.” [View]

Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Do Not Exist

We oversimplify views on abortion and place people into binary categories of pro-life or pro-choice. Yet, people’s individual personal views are much more complex.

Among pro-choice people, there is a point in a pregnancy at which they would agree nobody should be allowed to have an abortion because it would be inhumane (assuming the mother’s life was not endangered).

Among pro-life people, there are many different views about when life begins and at what point developmentally does it become unacceptable to allow an abortion. There may be circumstances where a pro-life person might consider an abortion to be acceptable. There may also be a standard they would hold themself to which is different than what they would allow another person to choose.

For this reason, many people believe that a single state-wide law becomes a violation of religious freedom and a violation of basic human rights.

Commentary

On 29 June 2022, Trevor Noah has offered a commentary that seems to summarize and reflect general public sentiment of those who are concerned about extreme restrictions on abortion. [View on YouTube]

Tag: Iowa

Survey: Women, Choice, and Life