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Bill: Patient's Rights Act 2109
Details
Submitted by[?]: Left Communist 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: January 2110
Description[?]:
| This bill attempts, alongside the Euthanasia Legalization Bill of 2035, and current law, to reinforce the will of the patient in medical care, by requiring the assumation that organ donation is not the will of the patient without explicit permission. The decision must be allowed at any time from adulthood (the donation of children's organs must only be allowed in explicit circumstances) and must be subject to patient confidentiality. Furthermore, donations must be regulated and organs must be in good condition. Blood is not regarded as an organ and blood donations are not affected in any way by this bill. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: Unless otherwise stated, consent is assumed.
Current: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Proposed: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:20:31, September 11, 2005 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Patient's Rights Act 2109 |
| Message | We'll support. |
| Date | 10:46:26, September 11, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Patient's Rights Act 2109 |
| Message | We still believe that an opt-out scheme is better as it increases the number of organs available to those needing them and still allows those against the idea to opt-out of the scheme. |
| Date | 11:27:20, September 11, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Patient's Rights Act 2109 |
| Message | We agree with the UB. An opt-out scheme is more efficient and in no way reduces the rights of the patients. All this bill has the possibility of doing is reducing the number of available organs as the number of people who are likely to "opt-in" will be less than the current levels of organ donation. It must be remembered that human nature being what it is there will be only a small proportion who will be likely to do this, only a small proportion who would be against, and the majority would be apathetic and it is the apathetic majority that we need to keep donating in order to maintain supplies. |
| Date | 13:27:49, September 11, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Patient's Rights Act 2109 |
| Message | I'll support. I wish I had more seats to offer. |
| Date | 17:22:27, September 11, 2005 CET | From | United Socialist Movement | To | Debating the Patient's Rights Act 2109 |
| Message | We'll side ourselves with the UBs and WSS! |
| Date | 17:32:44, September 11, 2005 CET | From | Left Communist Party | To | Debating the Patient's Rights Act 2109 |
| Message | I'll start voting. If it fails and the election happens AFTER, then I'll try to re-implement this because the seat levels will have changed. |
| Date | 17:39:16, September 11, 2005 CET | From | Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Patient's Rights Act 2109 |
| Message | We don't stand a chance. |
| Date | 22:35:23, September 11, 2005 CET | From | Left Communist Party | To | Debating the Patient's Rights Act 2109 |
| Message | This must be one of the worst defeats in Hobrazian history. |
| Date | 12:58:31, September 12, 2005 CET | From | Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Patient's Rights Act 2109 |
| Message | We gave it our all. But really we had 4 parties voting yes, the bad news 3 of those held 0 seats. Next session we'll have a shot, I hope anyway. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 40 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 325 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. " - Thomas Paine |