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Bill: Vaccinations Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Socialist Party
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: August 3427
Description[?]:
Free conscience ought to be respected, but we believe it appropriate to press parents a little more firmly to get their children vaccinated. Unless vaccinations are carried out on a significant scale, their impact is often limited. Maria Jimenez (Minister of Health & Social Service) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on vaccinations.
Old value:: The government encourages vaccinations for children, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government mandates vaccination for all children.
Proposed: The government mandates vaccination for all children, but parents may opt out for religious or ideological reasons.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 19:21:19, January 14, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Vaccinations Act |
Message | Madam Speaker, the current policy is less pervasive and thus preferable from a liberal view. However, if the Minister is willing to release statistics on the percentage of children vaccinated against the most important diseases, and if said percentage is deemed to low, we would be willing to change our mind. Dr. Howard Thornton MP Member for Loren GNP Spokesman for Health and Social Servinces |
Date | 23:57:48, January 14, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Vaccinations Act |
Message | Madam Speaker, I refer Dr. Thornton to a medical article which argues, with regards to vaccination, that... "There’s a direct correlation between the ease with which exemptions are granted and exemption rates...there is a link between ease of exemption and disease prevalence rates..." http://www.cmaj.ca/content/183/16/E1167 Maria Jimenez MP (Minister of Health & Social Services) |
Date | 00:15:08, January 15, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Vaccinations Act |
Message | Madam Speaker, we have contemplated on the issue based on the arguments provided in the article referred to by the Minister and have agreed upon supporting this bill for medical reasons. Dr. Howard Thornton MP Member for Loren GNP Spokesman for Health and Social Servinces |
Date | 00:15:08, January 15, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Vaccinations Act |
Message | Madam Speaker, we have contemplated on the issue based on the arguments provided in the article referred to by the Minister and have agreed upon supporting this bill for medical reasons. Dr. Howard Thornton MP Member for Loren GNP Spokesman for Health and Social Servinces |
Date | 00:15:20, January 15, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Vaccinations Act |
Message | oops. double post again. |
Date | 00:17:44, January 15, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Vaccinations Act |
Message | Madam Speaker, I am delighted to find myself agreeing with the good doctor for once. Maria Jimenez MP (Minister for Health & Social Services) |
Date | 00:14:24, January 17, 2013 CET | From | Popular Party | To | Debating the Vaccinations Act |
Message | OOC: Wow, unanimous support! |
Date | 00:40:07, January 17, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Vaccinations Act |
Message | OOC: Unanimity doesn't often happen, but I guess we are all agreed that measles etc. are bad things! |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||||
yes |
Total Seats: 351 | ||||||||
no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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