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Bill: Adoption Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Red Tory 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 2624
Description[?]:
| We need to make adoption more accessible in our nation. It is far too difficult for respectable families to adopt children. By increases our adoption systems effectiveness, we are also increasing the incentive for women to not abort unwanted pregnancies, but rather give up the child for adoption. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Current: Regulation is used to screen out only those with a previous history of child abuse.
Proposed: Adoption is regulated by private, recognised organisations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:32:49, August 19, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Adoption Reform Act |
| Message | "Actually, at the moment, respectable families don't find it too hard to adopt. Yes, there's some paperwork and some hoops to jump through - but this porcess weeds out a lot of casual adoption that wouldn't be good for children in the end... so it's worth it." --Avar Akkad Avara |
| Date | 08:20:08, August 20, 2008 CET | From | Red Tory Party | To | Debating the Adoption Reform Act |
| Message | Just because something is said, does not make it so. However, the leader of the ToI seems to think this way. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 239 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 255 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 172 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "A politician who is poor is a poor politician." - Carlos Hank Gonzalez |