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Bill: Reproductive Rights Initiative
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Flower Children
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: December 2442
Description[?]:
| It's hard to have free love without contraception. Every once in awhile, a mistake is made, and that should be correctable, too. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: All abortions are illegal.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: Contraceptives are banned for religious reasons.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:53:13, August 14, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Reproductive Rights Initiative |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We wholeheartedly support lifting the ban on contraceptives: but giving anything away at the public expense is foolish and "abortion" is murder. I yield the floor. |
| Date | 18:54:01, August 14, 2007 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Reproductive Rights Initiative |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This is a ridiculous travesty. I yield the floor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 26 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 62 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
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