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Bill: Defining Murder Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Socialists
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: November 2197
Description[?]:
| "the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured persons in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy called also mercy killing" (Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.) Euthansia will still be ILLEGAL. Euthanasia should not be equated with murder. Those sympathetic doctors, nurses, and family members who end the suffering of a loved one, WITH the patient's permission, should not be subjected to the same treatment as immoral, cold blooded murderers. This bill would consider Euthansia ILLEGAL, but not the same (or punish the same) as murder. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Current: Euthanasia is only allowed with consent from the patient and a court order.
Proposed: Euthanasia is illegal but not considered murder.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:41:42, March 07, 2006 CET | From | AntiNeoCon Party | To | Debating the Defining Murder Act |
| Message | i think it should be legal, but i am willing to compromise for this bill. |
| Date | 17:31:59, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Whigs | To | Debating the Defining Murder Act |
| Message | Morally, I cannot vote for this bill. |
| Date | 03:38:26, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Crimson Conservative Elite | To | Debating the Defining Murder Act |
| Message | I also couldn't vote for this bill. |
| Date | 03:39:51, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Ecology Party | To | Debating the Defining Murder Act |
| Message | SEP cannot, and will not vote for this bill. |
| Date | 05:29:04, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Green Socialists | To | Debating the Defining Murder Act |
| Message | Must Euthansia be classified as murder? There are other labels and penalties such as manslaughter. Euthansia is not killing someone because of money or hate. It is through compassion for a consenting terminally ill patient |
| Date | 17:05:34, March 09, 2006 CET | From | All Types Of Workers Party | To | Debating the Defining Murder Act |
| Message | I think Euthansia should be legal |
| Date | 20:22:04, March 09, 2006 CET | From | All Types Of Workers Party | To | Debating the Defining Murder Act |
| Message | Green Socialists I think you should change the proposal to make it legal |
| Date | 22:00:39, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Green Socialists | To | Debating the Defining Murder Act |
| Message | I thought that this was a sort of compromise - I have tried to propose legalization but, as you can see, there is great opposition. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 288 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 385 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 77 |
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