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Bill: Abortion: Limited but Legal
Details
Submitted by[?]: Neo-Epicurean 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: May 2464
Description[?]:
| Since the government subsidizes pharmaceuticals (including birth control) for low-income citizens, and contraceptives are freely available, there is no need to use abortion as a method of birth control. The procedure should remain legal for legitimate medical reasons, but otherwise it should be discouraged. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:49:45, October 01, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Abortion: Limited but Legal |
| Message | STRONGLY SUPPORT!!! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 317 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 376 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 57 |
| Random fact: "Game mechanics comes first." For example, if a currently-enforced bill sets out one law, then a player cannot claim the government has set out a contradictory law. |
| Random quote: "I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." - Ronald Reagan, quoted in New York Times, 22 September 1980 |