Sandy's Platform

As a thirty-year educator, I know what is needed to make Hoosier schools the best educators of our children. Too many laws have been passed that pull the tax dollars meant for public schools into private and religious institutions. Tax dollars are meant for public schools. I also see the problems for students in the cruel laws that are targeting LGBTQ students and making their lives more difficult. Money is wasted on repeated testing of students, and testing has become onerous to educators. Let them be the professionals they are and stop tying their hands.

Hoosier women deserve every kind of healthcare, including reproductive freedom. The anti-abortion movement has created a situation in this state that is costing women their lives and fertility in a misguided notion that their religious beliefs should guide legislation. Abortion is healthcare, and I support the restoration of Roe v. Wade.

I support equal treatment of ALL Hoosiers, including anyone who identifies as LGBTQ. I am horrified by the effort to try to overturn legal same sex marriages in Indiana, and my opponent is trying to not only end same sex marriage but to void all previous marriages. Besides being unconstitutional, it is cruel. LGBTQ have the same rights as all other citizens, and I will do everything I can to ensure equal treatment of all Hoosiers.