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Bill: Respect for Life Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bloc Militaire pour Restauration
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: February 2499
Description[?]:
| To restore respect for life in Jelbania |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Current: Abortion policies are established by local governments
Proposed: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is applied to most minor and all major criminal offences.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:26:53, December 08, 2007 CET | From |  Socialist Jelbanian Party-D.L.J.-D.L.F | To | Debating the Respect for Life Act |
| Message | we strongly oppose, respect of life means restoration of the death penalty? |
| Date | 19:49:59, December 08, 2007 CET | From | Social Liberal Party - D.L.J. | To | Debating the Respect for Life Act |
| Message | We see this as a horrendous contradiction. "Capital crimes" are not defined here, would it include just murder, treason, terrorism? We are concerned that the definition could easily be extended to other crimes in order to quell peaceful opposition to the government, those who deviate from social "norms" &tc, so we could never support. |
| Date | 21:27:16, December 08, 2007 CET | From | Démocrates de la Gauche | To | Debating the Respect for Life Act |
| Message | We strongly oppose. |
| Date | 01:59:46, December 09, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front | To | Debating the Respect for Life Act |
| Message | We strongly support article 1, but are somewhat opposed to article 2. |
| Date | 11:10:07, December 09, 2007 CET | From | Bloc Militaire pour Restauration | To | Debating the Respect for Life Act |
| Message | we don't see a contradiction between the two articles. By giving murderers the death penalty, the state shows that taking innocent lives is the most serious crime and must not be lightly committed |
| Date | 20:17:56, December 09, 2007 CET | From | Anarchistes pour une Société Libre | To | Debating the Respect for Life Act |
| Message | Oppose article two, support article one, but I am forced to vote no. |
| Date | 01:41:15, December 10, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Respect for Life Act |
| Message | We do not support the death penalty. We will abstain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 85 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 219 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 197 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln |