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Bill: Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
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: November 2545
Description[?]:
| An act to increase the requirements for adoption. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Current: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Proposed: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:56:17, March 12, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act |
| Message | Most of the time, the current law works fine. Children are put with good parents, and go on to lead happy lives. However, due to the lax regulations of the current law, children may equally be put with entirely unsuitable parents. The state has a responsibility to look after children put into it's care, not just to shunt them off to the first person looking for one. For what is better? A child staying in a children's home a few more months, or a child being put into the care of a paedophile? |
| Date | 14:28:41, March 12, 2008 CET | From | Tukarali Popular Party | To | Debating the Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act |
| Message | We are 100% behind you on this one... |
| Date | 14:29:13, March 12, 2008 CET | From | Patriot Party | To | Debating the Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act |
| Message | We actuially oppose this measure. |
| Date | 16:30:30, March 12, 2008 CET | From | Tukarali Graenix Party | To | Debating the Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act |
| Message | We also oppose |
| Date | 16:58:36, March 12, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act |
| Message | This will increase the cost it takes to adopt children which means that single people as well as poor people will not be able to adopt. This also leaves several middle class families at risk of not being able to adopt either. It is nice to see that the JUP does not care at all for hard working people who want to adopt but won't be able to if this law passes. |
| Date | 19:43:59, March 12, 2008 CET | From | Tukarali Graenix Party | To | Debating the Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act |
| Message | Why would poor people be adopting anyway? |
| Date | 22:59:05, March 12, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act |
| Message | It doesn't matter about what the parents want. All we need to be concerned about is the welfare of the children. |
| Date | 14:18:13, March 13, 2008 CET | From | Patriot Party | To | Debating the Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act |
| Message | No all you want is to add more money to the coffers of the nations. If you make things to expensive, people will not opt for it. That means our orphanages and foster homes will be overrunned with children who want to be adopted but can't because of all the restrictions that you want to place on them. Besides that, we already have laws to protect the welfare of the chilren. |
| Date | 19:59:22, March 13, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Adoption (Requirements) Amendment Act |
| Message | *sighs* Adoption rates are going to go down. I hope the people who passed this are satisfied that children will not find good homes because people will be less inclined to adopt due to expenses. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 280 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 165 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
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