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Bill: Health and Ethics Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive 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: September 4102
Description[?]:
| To destigmatize GM crops (since the chemicals that may be sprayed on them are now regulated) and to ensure the ethical treatment of animals used for commercial research. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in medical research.
Old value:: There are no restrictions on the use of animals for research.
Current: There are no restrictions on the use of animals for research.
Proposed: Animal research projects must apply for a license and submit to regulation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are banned.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:56:16, October 07, 2016 CET | From | Union of Centrists | To | Debating the Health and Ethics Act |
| Message | It will not pass due to elections. We will support article 1 but not article 2 |
| Date | 15:31:21, October 07, 2016 CET | From | Greenred party | To | Debating the Health and Ethics Act |
| Message | I agree with 2 but disagree with 1. |
| Date | 17:00:42, October 07, 2016 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Health and Ethics Act |
| Message | We agree to this but would rather see article 2 taken away. |
| Date | 17:17:33, October 07, 2016 CET | From | Greenred party | To | Debating the Health and Ethics Act |
| Message | why did you change the order of articles. |
| Date | 01:26:26, October 10, 2016 CET | From | Progressive Centrist Party | To | Debating the Health and Ethics Act |
| Message | We cannot support the extended use of GM crops; we agree article 2 but not article 1 and shall vote down the measure unless it is amended. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 276 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 374 |
| Random fact: Cultural Protocols should generally be reflective of RP conducted within the nation and should not significantly alter or modify the ethnic, religious or linguistic composition without considerable and reasonable role-play or other justification. |
| Random quote: "I've been against the death penalty since I was in law school in 1950. It's horrible, discriminatory, and undermines the credibility of the criminal justice system." - Ralph Nader |