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Bill: Medical Research Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pensioners' Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2358
Description[?]:
| The progress of medical research is being hampered by the current ban on animal experiments. Human beings are suffering as a result. Where it is absolutely necessary for medical advance, animal research should be permitted when it is conducted in as humane a manner and as limited a scale as possible. Abraham Bridgewater (Leader of the Pensioners' Party) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in cosmetics research.
Old value:: Animals may not be used for testing cosmetics products.
Current: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Proposed: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:12:49, February 09, 2007 CET | From |   Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Medical Research Act |
| Message | If the PP were to add an article actually relevant to medics, we'd happily vote yes. |
| Date | 00:20:36, February 10, 2007 CET | From | Pensioners' Party | To | Debating the Medical Research Act |
| Message | Oops! Sorry, this Bill was a mistake. My glasses must have fallen off... Abraham Bridgewater (Leader of the Pensioners' Party) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 237 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 301 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 62 |
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| Random quote: "Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?" - Thomas Jefferson |