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Bill: Abortion limitation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party for Equality
Status[?]: passed
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: October 2050
Description[?]:
| Limiting the period when abortion is allowed to the second trimester. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:43:10, May 08, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Abortion limitation |
| Message | This is an issue which divides the parties. While i know that the majority has already spoken, I feel that possibly that bill was pushed through by support for the first article, rather than the second, and that a compromise could be gained by legislating for this middle ground. Abortion very late in the pregnancy harms the mother both physically and psychologically, and as the foetus is a baby by then rather than a collection of cells it does raise moral questions about the soundness of the procedure. Besides, why would any woman decide after the second trimester that she wanted to abort, except in a medical emergency? |
| Date | 07:41:05, May 09, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Abortion limitation |
| Message | no No 2nd Trimester |
| Date | 09:51:29, May 09, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Abortion limitation |
| Message | First off, moral grounds cannot be used to make laws, since many people define morality different. Secondly, different people have wildly different psychological tolerances, making that an insufficient basis for most laws. Physical harm is a more tangible effect than the two before. However, in the interest of holding to what we decided before, we will vote against this. Our position will change to this as of the next election. |
| Date | 12:54:03, May 09, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Abortion limitation |
| Message | RWL will you vote for this as it is a step towards what you want? I would have made it 1st except I am going for a compromise. |
| Date | 07:55:56, May 10, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Abortion limitation |
| Message | Ill do it but it makes me Unbelievably Filthy! |
| Date | 07:56:27, May 10, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Abortion limitation |
| Message | Morals are what the first laws were based on and should remain so! |
| Date | 10:11:44, May 10, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Abortion limitation |
| Message | We support this bill. |
| Date | 20:30:16, May 10, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Abortion limitation |
| Message | The next elections are coming up, bring it to a vote then. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 164 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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