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Bill: Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Front for State Prosperity
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: June 2126
Description[?]:
| Free contraceptives are often misused and shortages can frequently result. To help ensure proper usage and prevent shortages, contraceptive production and distribution will be heavily subsidized and advertized, but will not be free. This should save money and increase the efficiency of the program. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:58:47, October 11, 2005 CET | From | Front for State Prosperity | To | Debating the Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act |
| Message | Please don't bring up the moral aspects. I don't care what is moral in any direction. I'm looking to maximize return on investment, and subsidization is far more effective than giving them away. |
| Date | 13:38:15, October 11, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act |
| Message | We of the RLP support this as a step in the right direction, but still believe that the total free market solution would be even better. We will, however, vote yes on this as a good first step. |
| Date | 00:40:22, October 12, 2005 CET | From | Front for State Prosperity | To | Debating the Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act |
| Message | I'm waiting for the positions of the other parties. |
| Date | 05:01:53, October 13, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act |
| Message | The AAP will oppose. The AAP considers Sexual Emancipation to be a Core Issue, and sees readily available contraception as essential to that. Removing free access is adding another hurdle, to couple with an anti-permissive climate, a lack of education (thankfully recently relieved, a little), and a culture of blame. |
| Date | 22:55:30, October 13, 2005 CET | From | Front for State Prosperity | To | Debating the Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act |
| Message | The reason we're proposing this is actually to make contraception more readily available. When companies that produce contraceptives can take home a bit of profit off of it, production will increase. Furthermore, people will be more likely to use them properly if they cost half a Likath instead of being free. Lastly this will present some of the abuse that occurs from having them free. We are trying to maximize the effectiveness of this policy, not damage or halt it. |
| Date | 03:48:42, October 14, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act |
| Message | The AAP finds little but fault with the PCP assertions, unfortunately. 1) Companies are currently making contraceptives, on a fair-price scale, for the government. Production is close to 100%. This can NOT be 'increased', jut by the addition of a little market-place profiteering. 2) People are more likely to use them properly if they cost more? And, what if they break, and the citizen cannot afford to replace them easily? Making contracepion more 'rare' can ONLY lead to increased accidental births. 3) One wonders how the system is being 'abused' by free contraception. Sure, the AAP happily admits some people occassionally 'steal' the entire contents of a vending machine... but, with little or no resale value, this kind of abuse is absolutely minimal. |
| Date | 14:26:15, October 14, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act |
| Message | If the government is purchasing the producty, they buy the ones they want, not the ones the consumer wants. This leads to market inequities on the consumer side, as well as increased opportunities for corruption on the government side. While this may not be a problem with the current government, I do not wish to put temptation in the path of any party, my own included. |
| Date | 23:26:33, October 14, 2005 CET | From | Front for State Prosperity | To | Debating the Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act |
| Message | We respect the position of the AAP but will not change our position. However, we thank them for this polite and illuminating debate. We will bring this to a vote to get our position out there and increase the visibility of the PCP. |
| Date | 20:47:34, October 15, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Scale-Back of Free Contraceptive Act |
| Message | We feel that, having just accumulated a surplus, there is no reason to cut spending in such an area. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 166 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 334 |
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