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Bill: Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom Party
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: October 2100
Description[?]:
| The Federated Parliament of the Federated States of Rutania, CONCERNED that the current ban on termination of pregnancy - unless in medical emergencies - is a farce as women seek illegal and dangerous abortions out of desperation, FURTHER AWARE that legislation concerning termination of pregnancy needs to balance between the rights of the woman and the rights of the unborn child, RESOLVES that a woman seeking an well-considered abortion for serious reasons (medical reasons, rape, or other reasons to be established by a medical professional) the pregnancy may be terminated in the fist trimester at the latest. Termination of Pregnancy shall be subject to the following provisions: 1. A pregnancy may only be terminated in a hospital or clinic which is licensed for this purpose. 2. a. Any decision to terminate a pregnancy is to be given careful consideration, including consideration of the risk of psychological instability after the act. b. In the second trimester, ultrasounds of the embryo will be made before the abortion and shown to the pregnant woman, to make sure she makes an informed decision. c. If the parent[s] are incapable of raising the child, the option should be given to let the child come to full term and adopt it out. 3. No-one is under any obligation to assist in performing termination of pregnancy. 4. Termination of pregnancy is allowed in extreme medical emergencies in the later stages of the pregnancy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:01:03, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | Abortions are unecessary. If a mother doesnt want her baby then she can put it up for adoption, there's no need to kill it. |
| Date | 16:15:36, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | Against. There is no need to kill the baby. |
| Date | 16:26:22, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | Agreed. It is an unecessary "freedom" which also has serious harms attached. It should not, therefore, be legal. |
| Date | 16:59:26, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | In the opinion of the Liberty movement, an embryo does not constitute a baby. We have included ample safeguards to prevent frivolous abortions, so we do not see why this legislation should be opposed except to appease certain more religious voters. |
| Date | 18:03:54, August 23, 2005 CET | From |  Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | We support abortions in the first trimester but refuse to support abortions in the second. We were against the draconian legislation that banned them except in medical emergencies |
| Date | 18:18:01, August 23, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | We support this act, but would like to note that a previous bill that would have allowed abortions during the first trimester was defeated. |
| Date | 19:11:51, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | How is outlawing murder draconian... |
| Date | 19:17:50, August 23, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | The term "murder" refers to the act of terminating human life, the term " human life" cannot possibly include an embryo or fetus in the early stages of pregnancy. |
| Date | 19:23:17, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | Well i would call it murdering human life However i am practical and know that women will have back street abortions and abortions anyway they can, That way its sensible to make it so that they can have it up to 12 weeks but no longer. Also, we can get it passed if you change it to first trimester and send to vote. If it is first and second i vote against If it is jus first, i vote for. Conservatives are gone so we can get this passed. Change to first trimester and send to vote. |
| Date | 19:38:56, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | We know when to make practical politics. Thus amended and put to vote as an improvement over the current legislation. |
| Date | 19:46:47, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | This law is completely unnecessary. If a mother doesnt want to keep her baby, then she can give birth to it and then put it up for adoption. My original proposal ensured their amenimity. If people want to have back stree abortions then that's their concern, but they're paying the price for their own actions. We dont legalise murder just because it will happen anyway. Besides, it's much more likely that they will go abroad and have their abortions - the current legislation just makes it more DIFFICULT and so deters it whilst giving another way out. As for "human life". Well, you are preventing something from developing into a human, and so as a result of your actions a human will not come into being. You may think that this isnt murder, but if you dont then you're arguing pedantics and lexicography, not cause and effect and that isnt a very scentific view to take. Im not particularly religious, nor is the LIP, but religion has nothing really do to with it. There is no reason to remove a human from existance when there is another way, which results in the sams situation for the mother. Im sure that more mothers would want to put their child up for adoption and know that they're alive out there somewhere and not affecting their own life than they would want to kill the child. |
| Date | 21:06:41, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | If what the Rt. Hon LIP says is true then the number of abortions will be very low indeed, so there is no need to worry. |
| Date | 21:48:12, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Reforming Termination of Pregnancy Legislation |
| Message | "Low" is not good enough. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 385 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 214 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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