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Bill: Women's Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Beluzia and Bailon
Status[?]: passed
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 2463
Description[?]:
| "Women hold up half the heavens!" Our country should strive for gender equality and involving women in all spheres of economic life. |
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 and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: All forms of pornography are legal for everyone.
Current: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Proposed: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for everyone.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Current: Women serve alongside men.
Proposed: Women serve alongside men.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:50:16, September 26, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | Yes to Article 2 & 4, No to Article 3, and maybe on Article 1. I suggest first trimester abortions should be decriminalized. |
| Date | 02:46:42, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Beluzia and Bailon | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | Article 3 was made for your party's benefit, another option would be to require positive discrimination quotas. As for the abortion issue, I thought the religious parties would maybe agree to abortion in cases where the women's health is at risk. |
| Date | 14:47:01, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | Abortion is murder. |
| Date | 17:45:43, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | Positive discrimination is still discrimination - we would like the Government to enforce fair hiring practices based upon qualifications, not gender or race. I serious doubt the religious parties would care if thousands of Beluzian mothers died during pregnancy if it meant allowing abortion. They would view it as God's will that people suffer and die. |
| Date | 23:38:28, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Beluzia and Bailon | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | The fact that women are not hired as much as men shows that they are already discriminated against. Assuming that most occupations may be done well, regardless of gender, shows that hiring practices favor men. Encouraging positive discrimination to the point of proportionate hiring for all genders and races. To the whigs: if I removed the abortion article, would your party support this bill? |
| Date | 23:44:25, September 27, 2007 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | I am afraid I have an issue with article 2 as well... Article 4 is very agreeable! To be honest it isn't really about women anyway, perhaps propose that seperatly? I would support that for sure. |
| Date | 00:42:11, September 28, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | The People oppose all of this except maybe article 1 if disability and etc. counts as a medical emergency |
| Date | 16:03:36, September 28, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | And what happens if not enough qualified women and minorities apply? Should we force employers to hire the underqualified? Hire who's best for the job: man or woman, of whatever colour, of whatever belief or origin. Perhaps you should separate article 3 into an independent bill, to allow for smooth passage of the other articles. |
| Date | 14:55:52, September 29, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Beluzia and Bailon | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | Fine, I'll remove article 3. I hope you will support the bill now. |
| Date | 05:53:57, September 30, 2007 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | Funny the communists speak of heaven |
| Date | 18:49:53, September 30, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Beluzia and Bailon | To | Debating the Women's Rights Act |
| Message | Mao spoke of it, heavens is a more secular term; it's like the sky. Some of the meaning may be lost in translation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 243 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 73 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 434 |
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