Protect Personal Choices

Let People Make Their Own Decisions

Abortion. Gender-affirming care. Personal medical choices.

These are real decisions people are making right now. Not in theory. Not in politics. In their own lives.

I’ve sat with people in those moments.

Parents trying to figure out what’s best for their child. Women facing decisions they never expected to have to make. People of faith who don’t all agree, but who are trying to do what’s right.

These aren’t easy situations.

But they are personal.

And that’s exactly why the government shouldn’t be making these decisions.

I’m running for Congress because I believe your life is your own. Decisions about your body, your family, and your health belong to you, not to politicians.

Right now, that freedom is being taken away.Not by accident, but by design.

In Arkansas and across the country, lawmakers are stepping into the most personal parts of people’s lives.

They are banning abortion, even in situations where the consequences are severe. They are blocking access to gender-affirming care, even when families and doctors agree on what’s needed. They are turning private decisions into public battles.

That’s not compassion.

That’s control.

Here’s what I believe:

• Abortion should be safe and legal, and decisions should be made by patients, their doctors, and their faith, not politicians

• Gender-affirming care should be available to those who need it, guided by families and medical professionals

• People deserve privacy, respect, and the freedom to make deeply personal decisions without interference

You don’t have to agree with every decision someone makes to believe they should be free to make it.

That’s what freedom means.

As a pastor, I’ve walked with people through some of the hardest moments of their lives. I’ve seen the weight of these decisions up close. I’ve seen the care, the thought, the struggle that goes into them.

And I’ve also seen what happens when the government inserts itself into those moments.

Fear replaces trust. Shame replaces support. And people are left navigating impossible situations with fewer options and more risk.

We don’t make people safer by taking away their choices.

We make them more vulnerable.

This is especially real here in Arkansas, where laws have banned nearly all abortions and blocked access to gender-affirming care.

These laws don’t reflect trust.

They reflect control.

If we believe in freedom, it has to apply to everyone.

Not just people who make the choices we would make.Not just people who share our beliefs.

Everyone.

Because freedom isn’t about agreement.

It’s about autonomy.

And no one should be forced to live under someone else’s decisions about their own body or their own life.