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Bill: Protection of the Elderly Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: 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: August 2616
Description[?]:
| In order to defend our elders from murder, we propose the following act. Humans are not dogs to be put down when they are old, but temples of the Holy Spirit. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Current: Euthanasia is illegal but not considered murder.
Proposed: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:09:11, August 02, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Union of Liberty | To | Debating the Protection of the Elderly Act |
| Message | I understand the feeling against euthanasia, however when a person is in pain and dying forcing them to withstand the pain and suffering is inhumane. We cannot support this piece of legislation and must vote against it, but do not insult the Unionists for proposing it. |
| Date | 21:52:32, August 02, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Protection of the Elderly Act |
| Message | Would the MSLP accept a compromise of: Euthanasia is illegal but not considered murder? |
| Date | 00:08:46, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Austrian Union | To | Debating the Protection of the Elderly Act |
| Message | The MAU is opposed to this measure. Euthanasia can only be carried out with the concent of the doctor AND THE PATIENT. It is not the government's responsibility to tell a person what they wish to do with their own life, even if that means ending it. |
| Date | 00:10:20, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Alliance Res Publica (UCF) | To | Debating the Protection of the Elderly Act |
| Message | We support this Bill proposed by the Union Party, for the greater preservation of life. |
| Date | 04:13:50, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Union of Liberty | To | Debating the Protection of the Elderly Act |
| Message | We fear we cannot. This is a very personal matter for the leadership of the MSLP but again, we want to clarify that we extend no ill feeling towards the Union Party for proposing it. |
| Date | 05:20:11, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Protection of the Elderly Act |
| Message | The government has no right or business dictating this polic, if a person is suffering, let them do as they wish. |
| Date | 07:12:27, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Patriciate Imperial League (UCF) | To | Debating the Protection of the Elderly Act |
| Message | We are strongly against this proposal. It is a persons right to choose to end their pain. |
| Date | 16:13:38, August 03, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Protection of the Elderly Act |
| Message | How often does a persona actually give consent? It is the UP's belief that it usually is the greedy child with power of attorney giving consent. |
| Date | 06:30:22, August 04, 2008 CET | From | Patriciate Imperial League (UCF) | To | Debating the Protection of the Elderly Act |
| Message | It is irrelevant how often a person may give consent, the fact of the matter is that people MUST give consent, along with a doctor, for euthanasia to legally occur. For a power of attorney to decide on this without the consent of the patient, it is 100% punishable by the law. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 75 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 120 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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