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Bill: Genetic Research Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Traxian Imperial 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 2152
Description[?]:
| This party believes that research into genetics should be changed to allow for moral deicisions over its use to be made. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards the cloning of human beings.
Old value:: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Current: Research in cloning technologies is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: The cloning of human beings is illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:58:21, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Imperial Party | To | Debating the Genetic Research Act |
| Message | Absolutely not. These are valuable areas of research that can provide real economic benefits to our nation. |
| Date | 09:26:16, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Traxian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Genetic Research Act |
| Message | I havent suggested GM reseach stopping, and only human cloning will be illegal. Research will still continue except there will be no commericial side to this it will make genetics a purely research area for the betterment of the people. |
| Date | 12:05:37, December 06, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Genetic Research Act |
| Message | We agree with this bill. |
| Date | 21:34:03, December 06, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Imperial Party | To | Debating the Genetic Research Act |
| Message | GM crops can help dealing with food shortages and can decrease the percent of the workforce that must be devoted to providing food for the nation, as such, we feel that the use of GM crops is advised. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 207 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 234 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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