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Bill: Science and Technology (Cloning Regulation) Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union 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: September 2525
Description[?]:
| An act to remove regulation on cloning research. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards the cloning of human beings.
Old value:: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Current: The cloning of human beings is illegal.
Proposed: Research in cloning technologies is not regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:04:53, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Science and Technology (Cloning Regulation) Act |
| Message | Why should the government be getting involved in this. It's science, and government regulation will only slow down the research. What's the worst that could happen by removing regulations? |
| Date | 12:55:52, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Science and Technology (Cloning Regulation) Act |
| Message | We shall oppose on ethical grounds. |
| Date | 18:54:08, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Science and Technology (Cloning Regulation) Act |
| Message | Opposed. Scientist may experiment, but the government has to lay some legal base first. |
| Date | 02:48:06, January 31, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Science and Technology (Cloning Regulation) Act |
| Message | There's nothing unethical about cloning. We feel government regulation is holding back research. |
| Date | 02:50:41, January 31, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Science and Technology (Cloning Regulation) Act |
| Message | oppose does this nation really want to open the door to create a Frankenstein monster? |
| Date | 02:55:19, January 31, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Science and Technology (Cloning Regulation) Act |
| Message | If we could, that would be a major win for science. |
| Date | 03:51:33, January 31, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Science and Technology (Cloning Regulation) Act |
| Message | :headbang: |
| Date | 02:09:25, February 01, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Science and Technology (Cloning Regulation) Act |
| Message | Defeated. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 91 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 409 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena." - Jon Stewart |