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Bill: Organ Consent Bill 2446
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anarchistic Kritarchy 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: March 2447
Description[?]:
| A citizen has a natural right to make decisions about the use of his or her body, even in the event of death. However, because consent cannot be given after death, a close relative may be allowed to step in and make the decision. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: Unless otherwise stated, consent is assumed.
Current: Unless otherwise stated, consent is assumed.
Proposed: Organ donations are only legal with personal consent, next-of-kin may override personal consent.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:54:58, August 23, 2007 CET | From | "Le Chaim" - Aesthetic Party | To | Debating the Organ Consent Bill 2446 |
| Message | We are quite content with the current value. Why should any person refuse to save another citizen's live by donating organs he or she doesn't need any more. And by the way I think the corpse of a person is not this very person any more, it's just the corpse, lifeless rotting leftovers... Moysche Edelstein, party's office for external communication |
| Date | 22:21:46, August 23, 2007 CET | From | Anarchistic Kritarchy Party | To | Debating the Organ Consent Bill 2446 |
| Message | If you own something, like let's say a vase, and you leave in your yard, does it not still belong to you? Must you be holding something to own it? If you put in your will that it is to be given to your brother, he gets it, not the state. If you don't leave it in your will for anyone, does it automatically go to the state? I encourage organ donation, but I refuse to force it. What about people whose religious doctrine says that it is not right to do so? If we do not know what their religion (if any) feels on this subject, we must trust the next of kin to tell us. If he or she says it is wrong, then we must accept this. I'm not saying we should make organ donation impossible, we could make it a question that is part of registering for a drivers license. They will have to say yes or no right there. |
| Date | 10:04:40, August 24, 2007 CET | From | "Le Chaim" - Aesthetic Party | To | Debating the Organ Consent Bill 2446 |
| Message | But if anyone doesn't want to donate his organs as soon as he is dead (whatever the reasons for that may be) he can explicitly state that... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 120 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 97 |
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