Howard Mills in 2000 National Political Awareness Test

On Abortion: Pro-choice but no partial birth abortions

Mills supports the following principles regarding abortion:
• Abortions should always be legally available.
• Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as “partial-birth” abortion.

On Civil Rights: Reduce regulations on private sector

Indicate which principles you support concerning employment and Affirmative Action Issues
• Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion.

On Civil Rights: Include sexual orientation in discrimination & hate crimes

A: Yes.

Q: Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes?

A: Yes.

On Civil Rights: Restrict marriage to one man and one woman

A: Yes.

On Crime: Pro-death penalty; build more prisons

Mills supports the following principles regarding crime:
• Support the use of the death penalty in New York.
• Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
• Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
• Lower the blood alcohol content limit defining drunk driving.
• Increase penalties for crimes committed on school grounds.

On Crime: End parole for repeat violent offenders

Mills supports the following principles regarding crime:
• End parole for repeat violent offenders.
• Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
• Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
• Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes.
• Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers.

On Drugs: Stiffer penalties for drug-related crimes

Indicate which principles you support to address drugs
• Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
• Lower the blood alcohol content limit defining drunk driving.

On Health Care: Ensure access to basic health care

Mills supports the following principles regarding healthcare:
• Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees.
• Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary.
• Support a patient’s right to sue his or her HMO.
• Support a patient’s right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied.