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Bill: Abortion Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Workers 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: June 4243
Description[?]:
A bill to provide women bodily autonomy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: All abortions are illegal.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy of the government concerning the funding of abortions
Old value:: The government does not provide funding for abortions.
Current: The government only funds abortions for medical emergencies.
Proposed: The government provides funding for abortions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:47:26, July 17, 2017 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Abortion Rights Act |
Message | Mr. Speaker, Article 1 is too extreme in our opinion. It gives way for a range of hypothetical situations, namely one in which an unborn baby of 8 months and 29 days is aborted the day before its due date. While we completely support the right to abortion we do not believe that unborn babies capable of living outside the womb should be allowed to be aborted because that is tantamount to murder. A better policy would be to allow abortion during the first and second trimester. - Arthur Woodbury, Leader |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 400 | ||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
Random quote: "Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life." - Potter Stewart |