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Bill: Human Genome Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: I Love Everyone!
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: September 2144
Description[?]:
| A BILL to outlaw the cloning of human beings. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards the cloning of human beings.
Old value:: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Current: The cloning of human beings is illegal.
Proposed: The cloning of human beings is illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:32:01, November 21, 2005 CET | From | I Love Everyone! | To | Debating the Human Genome Act |
| Message | The cloning of human beings is unethical because: A) We don't know the long term effects. B) It infringes on the human rights of the person being cloned. C) The world has enough people without making copies of existing human beings. |
| Date | 23:17:37, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Democrats of Egelion | To | Debating the Human Genome Act |
| Message | A) That's why it's being researched. B) People die due to medical study of all kinds. So we must destroy all medical study on people. C) You can close just some parts of humans. Not all clones must be full humans. Research must be allowed. No. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 91 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 480 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 179 |
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| Random quote: "The best politics is right action." - Mahatma Gandhi |