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Bill: Personal Power Over Organ Donations
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jewish Capitalist 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: October 2581
Description[?]:
| Organ donations should be completely up to the individual. No person, even next of kin, should ever be allowed to over rule the personal decision to donate organs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: Organ donations are only legal with personal consent, next-of-kin may override personal consent.
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 | 11:11:30, May 24, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Mothers' Union | To | Debating the Personal Power Over Organ Donations |
| Message | There are a small number of cases where the distress of a family should over-ride the fact that the deceased signed a piece of paper. When people become organ donors, they do not necessarily expect that their organs will be seized forcibly even if one of their dearest and nearest has grave objections at the time. Melanie Koffenbaum (Minister of Foreign Affairs & Leader of the JMU) |
| Date | 11:59:22, May 24, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Personal Power Over Organ Donations |
| Message | We see that the JMU does not like giving people free will. We suggest that they change their name to "Slavery Party". |
| Date | 16:59:27, May 24, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary Gathering of Beiteynu | To | Debating the Personal Power Over Organ Donations |
| Message | Without provision for abuses, oppression can occur. Therefore, an override must be in place to protect the people, Our Lord has spoken "no" for this reason. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 111 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 228 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 61 |
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