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Bill: Adoption Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Totalitarian 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: February 2173
Description[?]:
| Presently, citizens can adopt after a routine check-up. The Totalitarian Party feels this endangers children. We propose adoption be strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program can applicants adopt children. This will ensure children will only be adopted by capable parents. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Current: Regulation is used to screen out only those with a previous history of child abuse.
Proposed: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:12:25, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Traxian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | We support |
| Date | 01:55:42, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Post-Revolutionary Pragmatic Party | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 14:46:10, January 17, 2006 CET | From | National Fascisti | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | Why should such people be forced to undergo such rigorous tests when a couple having their own biological kids do not? |
| Date | 01:32:58, January 18, 2006 CET | From | Totalitarian Party | To | Debating the Adoption Act |
| Message | I've tried proposing that a few times. Most people seem to find the idea abhorrent. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 185 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 191 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 65 |
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| Random quote: "I never dared to be radical when young. For fear it would make me conservative when old." - Robert Frost |