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Bill: Protection of Children Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Ecotopian 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 2100
Description[?]:
| This Act will still recognise the claim to abortion rights, but will require that it occur within the first trimester. While controversial, it recognises the progression of the child's development. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: All abortions are illegal.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:19:02, August 21, 2005 CET | From | Free Populists | To | Debating the Protection of Children Act |
| Message | Compiclicated -- while 2nd trimester abortions can be gruesome, a woman may not know she is pregnant until 8 weeks, leaving only a month to decide whether she wants an abortion, to find out where she can have an abortion, to learn the relevant safety issues, discuss it with family, etc. However, we support the principle. As such, we are on the fence. |
| Date | 03:57:33, August 22, 2005 CET | From | Ecotopian Party | To | Debating the Protection of Children Act |
| Message | For me, this is a matter of the personal versus the political. While I personally would not support this bill, I need to demonstrate my gratitude to those religious constituents who gave me such a large entree into the national political arena. As such, I will introduce it, even if I am confident that it will fail. I was leaving it in debate temporarily to advise other parties before proceeding to do so. |
| Date | 10:01:04, August 22, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Democrats of Egelion | To | Debating the Protection of Children Act |
| Message | We absolutely oppose this bill. If this bill is passed, our party will continually keep working to get it back to the old way it was. |
| Date | 19:27:01, August 22, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Coalition of Egelion | To | Debating the Protection of Children Act |
| Message | We also reject this bill. We like the status quo. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 236 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 465 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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