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Bill: Abortion Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic 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: August 2419
Description[?]:
| Voting yes to this bill will give a woman the right to abort her pregnancy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:07:52, June 24, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
| Message | People have a right to do what they want with their bodies, but we have to consider at what a foetus becomes a human being and therefore has a right to life. Since a baby born prematurely during the third trimester can survive by itself, it seems reasonable to assume that during the third trimester a foetus should have a right to life. That said, we would support liberalising the abortion law. If you change the proposal to it being allowed in the first trimester, we will vote yes. |
| Date | 00:20:32, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
| Message | will u accept the law in the first two trimester? |
| Date | 01:00:47, June 25, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
| Message | I'm afraid we could only support a bill allowing it in the first trimester for now. |
| Date | 03:17:32, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
| Message | Why can't you comprimise instead of having it exactly the way you want it. |
| Date | 03:31:22, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
| Message | What exactly is the CLP, liberals? liberterian? conservative? what exactly does your party stand for? |
| Date | 13:55:26, June 25, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
| Message | We are classical liberals- we beleive in the free market, small government, and absolute civil liberties. That may sound like libertarians, however we set a higher standard on what citizens need protection from, and we also support public education. |
| Date | 20:43:00, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
| Message | Absolute civil liberties? Like having the right to an abortion? A right for a human being to have? |
| Date | 20:44:28, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
| Message | And studes say that the baby can only survive out of the womb in the third trimester not the first or the second. |
| Date | 20:58:59, June 25, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
| Message | Yes, we acknowledge that in our first post, however does that mean they are not a person? Absolute civil liberties, yes. Ideally we would like to support abortion, since people should have the right to do as they wish with their own bodies, but, as civil liberties goes, the right to life is a big one. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 100 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 55 |
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