Julie McGill

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I believe human life begins at conception. But I struggle with a legal standard that ignores rape, incest, serious risks to the mother's health, devastating fetal diagnoses, and the realities of IVF. Lawmakers cannot anticipate every circumstance. We should protect unborn life while preserving appropriate exceptions, access to fertility treatment, and room for women, families, physicians, and faith to guide extremely difficult decisions.

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Every baby born alive deserves the same care any other newborn would receive in the same situation, including a baby who survives an attempted abortion. Doctors should decide based on that child's condition and what medicine can truly do to help. Sometimes that means everything we have. Sometimes, when treatment can't change what's coming, it means being held, kept comfortable, and allowed to pass peacefully. But the circumstances of a child’s birth should never determine the care they receive.

I believe unborn life has value and deserves protection, but I also don't believe lawmakers can write a list that captures every circumstance a woman or family may face. Rape, incest, serious medical complications, and devastating fetal diagnoses are clear examples, but there can also be serious financial, family, safety, or other personal circumstances that deserve consideration. Not every difficult circumstance leads to the same answer, and legislators cannot anticipate every situation or decide in advance what is or is not a valid reason for every family. Policy should recognize that complexity and leave reasonable room for individual circumstances, medical judgment, and extraordinarily difficult decisions rather than relying on a rigid list written by lawmakers. We should also be doing more to make abortion less likely to feel like someone’s only option. That means making healthcare more affordable throughout pregnancy and after birth, reducing childcare and financial barriers, supporting women who are trying to stay in school or keep working, and improving maternal mental-health care. It also means better reproductive-health education, stronger support for families raising children with disabilities or serious medical needs, and real help for those facing abuse or coercion. The goal should be to make continuing a pregnancy feel possible, not overwhelming.

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I believe people who work hard should be able to afford basic necessities, and government has a role in making sure workers are treated fairly and that people who cannot work because of age or disability are not left without support. But I do not believe the government should simply guarantee everyone a specific income. Our focus should be on good-paying jobs, fair wages, affordable necessities, and a strong safety net for people who truly need it.

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As a small business owner, I strongly support free enterprise and private property rights. I know firsthand the value of entrepreneurship, competition, and the opportunity to build something of your own. Small businesses are essential to a strong economy and communities. I believe free markets work best when there is competition, fair rules, and accountability so that corporations and special interests cannot gain an unfair advantage over workers, consumers, or small businesses.

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I believe a more educated society benefits everyone, and I support making college and career training more accessible. If there is a fiscally responsible way to expand taxpayer-funded education beyond high school, I would welcome it. But I would not support a plan unless the numbers make sense and it can be sustained without harming other essential priorities.

I would cut wasteful contracts, unnecessary consultants, administrative duplication, excessive travel expenses, improper payments, and corporate tax incentives that fail to deliver jobs before asking Hoosier families to sacrifice essential services.

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Separation of church and state means government cannot establish a religion or favor or punish anyone because they share the majority’s faith, practice a different faith, or have no faith at all. People are free to practice their religion and let it guide their values, but government must serve everyone equally. To me, that separation protects religious freedom by ensuring no government official gets to decide which beliefs count or whose rights depend on sharing them.

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Government has a responsibility to make sure people have access to affordable healthcare coverage, but that does not mean everyone must receive the same government-run insurance. The goal should be a system where people are not priced out of coverage, denied necessary care, or left uninsured because of their income, disability, health needs, or circumstances. Everyone should have a realistic path to coverage and care.

I would start by addressing the gaps that make coverage difficult to obtain or afford. Indiana expanded coverage through the Healthy Indiana Plan, but families just above that threshold still face costs they cannot realistically afford, and people continue to fall through the cracks when their income or circumstances change mid-year. Those are the seams I would work on first. Coverage also has to be easier for eligible people to keep. Families should not lose Medicaid because of confusing renewal processes, unnecessary paperwork, or administrative errors. Indiana can make better use of information it already has to verify eligibility instead of repeatedly requiring people to prove what the state can confirm through existing records. At the same time, fraud, waste, and abuse should be taken seriously. Taxpayer-funded healthcare programs depend on public trust, and intentional fraud should be investigated and prosecuted. But enforcement should be targeted and evidence-based. We should go after those actually committing fraud rather than creating broad barriers that delay care, remove eligible people from coverage, or treat everyone as suspect. Strong oversight and strong access to care are not competing goals. We should be able to do both. Having coverage means very little if there is no provider available to use it. We need adequate provider networks, reasonable reimbursement, and timely access to primary and specialty care, mental-health services, maternal healthcare, prescription medications, and preventive care. Northeast Allen County has grown quickly, and access to healthcare should keep pace with the families moving here. Coverage also has to be adequate for people with significant medical needs. Maintaining Medicaid coverage for children with disabilities and complex conditions is especially important because even families with good private insurance often find that necessary equipment, supplies, therapies, and specialized care are only partially covered or not covered at all. A family should not have to become impoverished to meet the needs of a child with a disability. Likewise, people who can safely receive care at home should not be pushed into an institution simply because that is the setting the state is willing to pay for. Finally, making healthcare affordable requires confronting the underlying cost of care. Northeast Indiana has some of the highest hospital prices in the country, and those costs ultimately show up in what local employers pay and what families owe after insurance. I support greater price transparency, stronger oversight of insurers and health systems, and a serious look at how consolidation has affected prices here. We should also reduce administrative practices that add expense without improving care and invest in prevention and early intervention that can improve outcomes while avoiding much more expensive care later. The goal should be more than simply increasing the number of insured Hoosiers. Coverage only matters if people can actually get the care they need when they need it.

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A strong military plays an important role in deterring aggression and protecting national security, but it is not the only way to maintain peace. A strong defense means investing not only in our military, but also in the alliances, intelligence, and diplomacy that help keep our troops out of unnecessary wars. Every conflict we prevent is one our troops never have to fight and lives that may be saved.

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Decisions about who should be admitted to the United States and under what circumstances are primarily matters of federal immigration law. As a state senator, I would be careful not to pretend I have authority over decisions that properly belong to Congress and the federal government. Where immigration intersects with Indiana law, I would evaluate those policies based on public safety, the law, individual rights, and what is in the best interest of Hoosiers.

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I was raised Catholic and confirmed in the Church, but faith has never been something that came easily to me. I’ve always had questions and have struggled at times with what I believe. I have a lot of respect for people who find strength and certainty in their faith. The values that were part of my upbringing, especially compassion, service, forgiveness, and the dignity of every person, have only grown stronger through raising a son with severe disabilities. They’ve become much more than ideas to me. They shape how I try to live and how I treat others. I also believe faith is deeply personal, and people should have the freedom to follow their own beliefs without being judged for believing differently.

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Racism is a real threat to national security when it sparks violence, feeds extremism, or breaks down trust between communities and law enforcement. When people feel like the system treats them differently because of their race, it hurts the whole country. We have to call out discrimination when we see it, apply the law fairly, and make sure everyone gets a fair chance to succeed.

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I bring a combination of analytical training, small-business leadership, healthcare experience, and years of working directly with Indiana government programs. I hold a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Purdue University Fort Wayne and a master’s degree with a concentration in actuarial science from Ball State University. My actuarial work at Lincoln Financial Group also gave me experience analyzing data, identifying inconsistencies, and working with complex financial information. As the owner and agency manager of Family Solutions Home Care, I have firsthand experience with Medicaid, state and federal regulations, licensing, billing, compliance, budgeting, employees, and the practical consequences government policy has on families and businesses. Before that, I spent seven years working in insurance and office management, helping clients understand coverage while managing the financial and administrative side of a small business. I have also spent years advocating on disability and Medicaid policy, working with families, providers, and policymakers and helping build a statewide information network serving more than 2,000 Indiana Medicaid providers. That experience has taught me how to read regulations, understand how policy works in practice, identify unintended consequences, and listen to the people who are directly affected. I do not come from a traditional political background. I come from running businesses, solving problems, analyzing complicated systems, and working with people who depend on state government getting its decisions right. Those are the skills and experiences I would bring to the Indiana Senate.

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I support the right of Muslims to practice their faith and follow their religious beliefs in their personal lives, just as I support that right for Christians, Jews, and people of other faiths. But U.S. laws and judicial decisions should be based on the Constitution and our civil laws, not the religious law of any faith.

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I support the Second Amendment and the rights of law-abiding gun owners, along with reasonable safeguards to keep firearms away from people who pose a serious danger. That includes effective background checks, due-process protections, and accountability when an adult recklessly leaves a gun accessible to a child who then uses it to commit a crime. I support safe storage and targeted enforcement, not broad bans on responsible gun owners.

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1. Healthcare access and bringing costs down. My first priority would be legislation that helps Hoosiers obtain and keep meaningful healthcare coverage, protects access for people with disabilities and complex medical needs, improves provider availability, addresses rising healthcare costs, and strengthens targeted oversight of fraud, waste, and abuse. 2. Public education and workforce development. I would work to strengthen public-school funding, improve teacher recruitment and retention, require accountability wherever public education dollars are spent, and expand career and technical pathways that connect students with good jobs. 3. Cost of living for Hoosier families. Wages have not kept up with what it costs to live here. I would look hard at the everyday expenses squeezing families, like utility bills, childcare, housing, property taxes, and at whether state policy is easing that pressure or adding to it.