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Bill: Fertility Self Determination Redux Act 2995
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Renewal 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: April 2996
Description[?]:
| The current legislative environment regarding abortion casts a pall on our Federal Republic. The state has -no- role in preventing women from controlling the fertility of their body. We seek to restore the integrity of a woman's control of her own fertility. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:58:26, September 06, 2010 CET | From |  Social Justice Party | To | Debating the Fertility Self Determination Redux Act 2995 |
| Message | The SDWU supports the rights of the unborn, from a purely secular moral position. |
| Date | 08:55:55, September 06, 2010 CET | From | Social Renewal Party | To | Debating the Fertility Self Determination Redux Act 2995 |
| Message | The SDWU claims to be the leading voice of the progressive left in Solentia and yet they continuously and callously betray women on this issue! They'd rather the state intervene and establish rights for potential life rather than for life itself. We in the Left Renewal Alliance are beyond dismayed their position. Our endorsement of the SDWU in the Supreme Presidential election is now in doubt. Does the SDWU support the rights of the undead too? |
| Date | 11:50:29, September 06, 2010 CET | From | Social Justice Party | To | Debating the Fertility Self Determination Redux Act 2995 |
| Message | We are a voice of the progressive left as is your party, however despite our similarities (our parties have voted the same way 74% of the time) we can only support abortion in extreme circumstances. We have consistently supported ready access to contraceptives, we have supported euthanasia where an individual is terminally ill and in these circumstances we believe it is warranted as the individual has the right to speak up for him or herself. So to answer your question yes we do support the rights of the "undead". We dispute your assertion that our policy is a betrayal to women. As stated before, we fully support the use of contraceptives and see it is as the responsibility of both men and women of Solentia to ensure that if they do not wish to have children they use these readily available products. We should all understand that our decisions effect others and we cannot simply take away a human life for the sake of convenience. There are many Solentians out there who have no the ability to bear a child and would gladly take care of children conceived from unwanted pregnancies. It is clear that this an emotive and difficult issue, and we would be disappointed if this led to your party's disendorsement of us or but ultimately the SDWU believes that we must protect those without a say in whether they live or die. |
| Date | 18:16:49, September 06, 2010 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Fertility Self Determination Redux Act 2995 |
| Message | This would give rise to partial birth abortions and infanticide. No, certainly, no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 2 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 98 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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