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Bill: Personal Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi
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: May 2694
Description[?]:
| A bill affirming the principle that every citizen has the right to exercise discretion over her or his own body. |
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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on vaccinations.
Old value:: The government mandates vaccination for all children.
Current: The government mandates vaccination for all children.
Proposed: The government encourages vaccinations for children, but does not enforce them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:52:07, January 05, 2009 CET | From |  Bolsheviks | To | Debating the Personal Rights Act |
| Message | They have got there right over there own body. The Organ donation they just have to say they dont want that to happen. The vaccinations one is for thier own safety and the safety of others. While the drug one never actually states that over drugs are illegal. |
| Date | 14:43:31, January 05, 2009 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Personal Rights Act |
| Message | A right which can be overridden is not a right at all. |
| Date | 15:09:49, January 05, 2009 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Personal Rights Act |
| Message | We would support article 3 alone, while pointing out that article 1 allows for the person to refuse to donate their organs if they care about it enough to make such a statement explicit. |
| Date | 15:10:14, January 05, 2009 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Personal Rights Act |
| Message | (I'm referring to the existing legislation on organ donation in the last post) |
| Date | 15:35:22, January 05, 2009 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Personal Rights Act |
| Message | And, just as well, our Article 1 would allow anyone to consent to donate who is inclined to make that consent explicit. |
| Date | 10:10:23, January 10, 2009 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Personal Rights Act |
| Message | On the balance, I'm only for one of the three so I'm voting against. |
| Date | 11:06:31, January 10, 2009 CET | From | Red Dawn | To | Debating the Personal Rights Act |
| Message | I approve of number 3, but no other article - especially not number 1. Sorry. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 193 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 467 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 40 |
| Random fact: "Spamming", or the indiscriminate posting of unsolicited messages, is not allowed. |
| Random quote: "One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings." - Franklin Thomas |