Please beware of misleading ads that take your mind off of facts. Comparing candidates by examining facts and voting records help us as we prepare to vote. The Obama health care law will provide government funding for health plans that pay for abortion on demand and will lead to the rationing of lifesaving medical treatments. Tim Walz voted for the Obama health care law, voted against an amendment that would have prohibited federal funding of abortion on demand in all parts of the Obama health care bill and supports a policy of abortion on demand. Randy Demmer opposes the Obama health care law, opposing abortion and federal funding of abortion.

Mark Dayton opposes the protection of unborn babies and supports abortion on demand, opposes a ban on taxpayer funded abortions and voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act twice as a U.S. senator (this partial-birth abortion practice is horrible and must not be allowed). Tom Horner opposes the protection of unborn babies and supports abortion on demand and opposes a ban on taxpayer-funded abortions. Tom Emmer supports the Constitutional right to life and opposes abortion on demand and supports efforts to prevent taxppayers from being forced to pay for abortions. Tom Emmer supports efforts to prevent health care rationing. Mark Dayton opposes efforts to prevent health care rationing. He voted against the Medicare Modernization Act, which empowered older Americans to avoid involuntary denial of lifesaving treatment.

We must weigh the consequences of our vote, it could be the difference in the thousands of human lives at stake through abortion, and the respect of the right of patients to make medical decisions, older people and people with disabilities are in danger of being denied life-preserving health care simiply because someone may not think the patient’s life is worth saving. Who will decide?

Be informed. Vote.

Kim Zenk

Albert Lea