INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE DESTINY WELLS ANNOUNCES PLATFORM
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana’s Democratic Attorney General candidate Destiny Wells provided the following platform information for her race to unseat Todd Rokita, a wildly unpopular and divisive Attorney General who has brought nothing but public embarrassment upon Indiana. Here are the policy points on which Destiny will focus:
Workers’ Rights
Wells will immediately assemble a team to support workers’ rights: Since the passage of the Right to Work (HEA 1001-2011) in Indiana, no Attorney General has provided meaningful support or protections to Indiana workers. Wells willcreate a team to investigate instances of worker abuse. With Destiny at the helm, the Office of the Attorney General will ensure employers treat workers with dignity and respect— preventing wage theft, labor trafficking, and the misclassification of employees. Just this week we saw an Indianapolis business under investigation by the Department of Labor due to improper pay practices. Indiana can and must do more to protect Hoosier workers and its consumer and worker protections must be improved. Wells will look to legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle to further protect Hoosiers
Medical Privacy
It’s no secret Todd Rokita is constantly meddling in the private medical records of Hoosiers. His pursuit of unredacted Terminated Pregnancy Reports unfortunately exposes all Hoosiers seeking medical care—if he pursues this end, there is nothing stopping communities seeking gender-affirming care and others. This activity has a chilling effect on Hoosiers seeking care and continues to cause healthcare providers to leave Indiana. Hoosiers have already begun to flee because they feel threatened and, most importantly, Hoosier healthcare providers won’t be able to morally and ethically care for their patients. Destiny will seek to protect Hoosiers by staying out of Hoosiers’ business and staying out of their bedrooms.
Children’s Bill of Rights
Destiny will educate the public and contribute resources to local prosecutors with a Children’s Bill of Rights. Destiny’s first experience practicing law was when she put a shingle out in her hometown of Martinsville. There, she immediately witnessed the underbelly of her Hoosier community when she encountered abused and neglected children who were irretrievably left behind because parents/guardians chose to take advantage of Indiana’s compulsory education laws to hide their abuse. Destiny saw many children entering adulthood without the essential tools to succeed, with many children requiring permanent state assistance. This effort will help the most vulnerable while upholding our liberty as parents to educate our children as we see fit.
Restoring Integrity to the AG’s office
The Office of the Attorney General has suffered a talent exodus because line attorneys and staff can no longer tolerate the office culture that comes with an Attorney General intent on conservative television appearances. If you walk into the Attorney General’s office in a Wells Administration, Hoosiers won’t be able to tell whether a Democrat or Republican leads the office. Instead, Hoosiers will see exceptional attorneys and support staff passionately representing Hoosiers. Destiny will glean from the core values of her time in the military and foster a culture that values professional growth and excellence.
“Fighting for Hoosier workers and Hoosier’s medical privacy are my top priorities as Attorney General,” stated Destiny Wells. “If Todd Rokita isn’t going to fight for Hoosiers’ rights and freedoms, I will.”
