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Bill: Medical Rights United Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Le Parti Progressiste du Peuple
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: October 4582
Description[?]:
| Allowing basic human rights should be a priority in any democracy or democratic society, which is why we feel that we need to better improve upon our laws about abortion, euthanasia as well general medical treatment. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Old value:: The medicinal use of cannabis is illegal.
Current: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Proposed: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Policy of the government concerning the funding of abortions
Old value:: The government only funds abortions for medical emergencies.
Current: The government provides funding for abortions.
Proposed: The government provides funding for abortions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is only allowed with consent from the patient and a court order.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning sex reassignment surgery.
Old value:: Local governments decide on this.
Current: Sex reassignment surgery is legal but regulated.
Proposed: Sex reassignment surgery is legal but regulated.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: The use of cannabis is legal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:49:30, May 22, 2019 CET | From |  Parti Conservateur National | To | Debating the Medical Rights United Act |
| Message | No, no, and NO. |
| Date | 15:22:41, May 24, 2019 CET | From | Le Parti Progressiste du Peuple | To | Debating the Medical Rights United Act |
| Message | What would you change? |
| Date | 07:06:21, May 28, 2019 CET | From | Parti de la Voix du Peuple | To | Debating the Medical Rights United Act |
| Message | Expand the rights of the people! Vote yes! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 228 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 272 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems, the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behaviour and religion." - John Maynard Keynes |