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Bill: Common Sense Abortion Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Secularist 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: March 3674
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to allow abortions during an appropriate window of time as well as recognize that government funding for abortion procedures should be restricted to those who cannot afford to exercise this right without assistance. |
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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy of the government concerning the funding of abortions
Old value:: The government provides funding for abortions.
Current: The government provides funding for abortions.
Proposed: The government provides abortion funding only for low-income earners.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:34:31, May 29, 2014 CET | From | Liberal Secularist Party | To | Debating the Common Sense Abortion Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The LSP believes that a woman's right to privacy and freedom of choice is a fundamental right. However, we do not believe that it is one that should be exercised with no government oversight. Our current laws allow a woman to terminate her pregnancy whenever she chooses with the taxpayer providing the funding. We see our current policy as well intentioned. We also see it as going to an unnecessary extreme. We propose what the LSP sees as a common sense reform. This bill will restrict the window a woman is allowed to seek an abortion to a term before fetal viability outside the womb. In addition, we recognize that many citizens object to this procedure and ask that taxpayer funding be restricted to those women who would otherwise be prevented from exercising this right without it. Respectfully, Elizabeth Myers, LSP Adviser for Health and Social Services |
| Date | 13:51:16, May 29, 2014 CET | From | Rutania Alliance | To | Debating the Common Sense Abortion Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The APR strongly supports this resolution. We see that our nations old rules are just inhumane and that this resolution shall pass and the behalf of safe and humane abortions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 21 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 241 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 293 |
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