Mr. Redpath will, later in the campaign, release a detailed budget proposal, as to how he proposes to cut state spending and what taxes will be reduced or eliminated. Consensual crimes Mr. Redpath will call for the repeal of all consensual crime laws in the Commonwealth and the immediate release from Virginia prisons of all people convicted of non-violent consensual crimes. This will not only lead to a more peaceful society due to the elimination of the violence and corruptions associated with prohibitions, but will lead to reduced state expenditures on correctional facilities. Capital Punishment Mr. Redpath will call for an end to capital punishment in Virginia, which assumes a perfectability in the administration of justice that fallible human beings cannot possibly achieve. Life imprisonment without parole should be substituted for capital punishment for all pending executions.
Every abortion is a tragedy.
However, I think abortion should be legal through approximately the first third to first half of pregnancy. I am opposed to any state mandated abortion waiting period. Unless undertaken to save the health or life of the mother, partial birth abortion should be illegal. There should be no government funding of abortion, except in the case of rape or incest of the indigent, with the government seeking restitution from the perpetrator. I am in favor of parental notification for women under the age of 18 who are seeking an abortion.