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Bill: Health and Privacy Rights of Alduria's Citizens
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sons of Liberty
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: April 2491
Description[?]:
| This bill is created to help ensure the rights of the citizens of Alduria to make decisions about their health that each citizen feels is right for themselves and should be given the opportunity to make these decisions and not have the government make these decisions for them. |
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: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: Contraceptives are banned for religious reasons.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is only allowed with consent from the patient and a court order.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Old value:: The medicinal use of cannabis is illegal.
Current: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Proposed: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:23:43, November 23, 2007 CET | From | House Villayn (AI) | To | Debating the Health and Privacy Rights of Alduria's Citizens |
| Message | I am afraid that we cannot support these articles because of the following reasons. Articles 1, 2, 3. I. The Aldurian people are morally conservative and have elected a government which has won several successive elections on a programme which has openly been directed at reducing sexually promiscuous behavior. II. The unborn child is an individual in a vegetative state, as for a person subjected to involuntarily euthanasia. We are civilised beings and do not kill those human beings who cannot, temporarily or permanently, express their own interests. III. Alduria need a population growth which supports the elderly care system, since we need young people who could replenish the labor force and take care of our elderly, paying taxes. Article 4. I. The problem is related to 1.III, in that we cannot allow misuse of a particular drug since that would mean a growing black market. The war on drugs cannot be compromised. Article 5. I. Personally, I think this solution is the worst imaginable, since universal healthcare is central in creating a society not divided by class. When the middle class also could get dental care, healthcare and high cost operations without paying insurance fees, they will also support the healthcare of those more economically unfortunate. II. Low-income people will be stigmatised and due to demands of tax-cuts for the middle class (which do not longer earn anything on the public healthcare that remains), they will see their health erode as money shrinks. That will eventually mean that we will create a permanent under-class, which could lead to increased social tensions. Therefore, the RP/WF cannot and will not support this bill under it's current conditions. |
| Date | 17:15:14, November 24, 2007 CET | From | Sons of Liberty | To | Debating the Health and Privacy Rights of Alduria's Citizens |
| Message | My response to the RP/WF's reasoning for not allowing any abortion is that what do we do with those women who are violently raped and become pregnant with a man's child that they had no intent in knowing? So the solution is we tell them to live with it and look at that child every day for the rest of their lives to help them remember that one horrible day that the tragic event happened? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 170 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 81 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 174 |
| Random fact: Before creating a party organisation, check to see whether there are any existing organisations which cover the same agenda. |
| Random quote: "Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life." - Potter Stewart |