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Bill: Children First Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative 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 2411
Description[?]:
| Children up for adoption has so far been refused fundamental rights in life... To little is done to see if the applicants to adopt really can handle it and the children arent even assured a mother and a father. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Current: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Proposed: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning who can proceed with adoption; in case adoption is legal.
Old value:: Everyone may adopt children.
Current: Everyone may adopt children.
Proposed: Only heterosexual couples may adopt children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:05:31, May 26, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Children First Act |
| Message | I find it hypocritical that the Conservatives voted against my - far more lenient - parental qualifications bill, but now take a more extreme position, rooted in theocratic dogma. I fail to see why homosexual couples would make worse parents, although I do support article one. |
| Date | 01:39:12, May 27, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Children First Act |
| Message | parental qualification is not about adoption, its about state control where it should not be. |
| Date | 21:07:26, May 27, 2007 CET | From | Páirtí Sóisialach | To | Debating the Children First Act |
| Message | I urge all parties to vote down this racist bill. It is a disgrace to the nation and an insult to this body. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 176 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 351 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 74 |
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