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Candidate's responses to the 2020 WV FREE Action Fund Candidate Questionnaire

Rodney A. Pyles
Candidate for House of Delegates in the 51st District
rod.pylz@gmail.com
(304)599-6496

​1. Banning all abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy
Strongly oppose

2. Allowing people under 18 to obtain birth control pills over the counter
Somewhat oppose

3. Enacting policies to reduce West Virginia’s infant and maternal mortality rates
Strongly support

4. Increasing access to health coverage for people 12 months postpartum through Medicaid and CHIP insurance programs
Strongly support

5. Protecting current abortion laws in WV
Somewhat Support

6. Expanding access to abortion by reducing harmful laws that restrict access to abortion
Strongly Support

7. Expanding access to comprehensive, inclusive sex education, including sexual violence prevention and LGBTQ inclusivity
Strongly Support

8. Passing pay transparency legislation to help close the wage gap and address racial and gender disparities
Strongly Support

9. Increasing access to birth control for people of all ages
Strongly Support

10. Passing the CROWN Act, prohibiting discrimination based on hairstyles typically associated with race
Strongly Support

11. Providing pregnant people with substance use disorder with resources like prenatal care and substance use disorder treatment instead of facing jail time
Strongly Support

12. Supporting the Fairness Act, a bill to ensure WV state law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing and public spaces
Strongly Support

13. Which of the following statements comes closest to your own view?
I am personally against abortion, but I don’t believe government should prevent a person from making that decision for themself

14. To fight pay inequity, do you believe people should be able to share pay information with their coworkers without employer retaliation?
Yes
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15. Is there anything else you would like to add?
I was a cosponsor of the Crown Act and the Fairness Act.

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