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Bill: Health Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Liberal 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 2501
Description[?]:
| This law is meant to restore some laws which were changed in a negative way due to, we believe, a moment of blindness! |
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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Current: The state has a monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: There are no regulations on the sale of tobacco.
Current: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Proposed: Only adults may purchase tobacco.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on vaccinations.
Old value:: The government mandates vaccination for all children, but parents may opt out for religious or ideological reasons.
Current: The government mandates vaccination for all children.
Proposed: The government encourages vaccinations for children, but does not enforce them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:42:47, December 12, 2007 CET | From |  National Fascist Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Health Bill |
| Message | we are against this bill |
| Date | 18:47:35, December 12, 2007 CET | From | Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Health Bill |
| Message | We must oppose this bill because of article four; the UUP believes that abortion is a right for every woman. |
| Date | 18:50:18, December 12, 2007 CET | From | National Fascist Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Health Bill |
| Message | yes abortion is an important right |
| Date | 22:25:19, December 12, 2007 CET | From | New Liberal Party | To | Debating the Health Bill |
| Message | As you all can see, we agree with the women´s right to perform an abortion. However, it is almost a crime to commit an abortion after the first trimester (that means after the fourth month). By that time, most of the baby´s organs are almost fully developed and he has cerebral activity. We believe that a woman, if she wants to perform an abortion, has more than enough time to decide in 2 months (we assume that women realise that they are pregnant after a month (and you would be fools to say that it isn´t so!), therefore, out of the first 3 months, 1 is used up for the discovery of the pregnancy). This law could make the difference: we could accept the way things are now and have our conscience stained or we can try to make things better, to spare innocent lives! |
| Date | 08:38:08, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Health Bill |
| Message | The UUP respects the NLP's position, but we disagree profoundly. The UUP believes no life is innocent, especially not so if it is unborn and therefore not a person. We also strongly feel the mother, and not the state--not even the father, must bear her own conscience for abortion in these matters. It is not the state's place to save the mother's soul; if aborting her child is a sin, then it is on her head, not the state's. And since a fetus is not considered a human being, aborting a fetus is not murder by any law we know of and therefore a fetus cannot enjoy the protections given to living citizens. We would also not impose on a woman's right to choose what happens with her body. For all these reason, we must oppose this bill. Incidentally, we also believe that the government should protect its people from disease and that vaccinations should be mandatory for children. |
| Date | 23:08:37, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Health Bill |
| Message | Its unfortunate that these four articles must be lumped together as our opposition to relaxing enforcement of child vaccination and our misgivings with more stringent abortion restrictions force us to vote nay. |
| Date | 17:42:17, December 14, 2007 CET | From | The Hodirak'hi Workers Party | To | Debating the Health Bill |
| Message | I think article 3 is wrong! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 30 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 595 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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