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Bill: Improvements to Health
Details
Submitted by[?]: Growth Party of Gaduridos (GPG)
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: May 4673
Description[?]:
| - Healthcare Currently, local governments decide about healthcare policies. The Growth Party would like to start introducing a healthcare system throughout the nation. We would like to start by introducing a public healthcare system, while still allowing private clinics. This would allow citizens of Gaduridos to see the benefits of a healthcare system and the government could use this as a trial period before making further changes. - Gender Reassignment The Growth Party is a strong advocate for human rights. Choosing your gender identity is a human right. We are proposing that the government fund gender reassignment surgery for people with low incomes. This would allow people of all economic status to have a choice. When citizens are restricted from their human rights and gender expression, they are subject to oppression and this could have a detrimental effect on one's mental health. - Abortion Funding The Growth Party is a strong advocate for women's rights. Women have a moral right to choose what to do with their bodies. Everyone should have access to abortion services, that is why we are pushing for the government to provide funding for abortions. If women do not have access to abortions or do not have the required funds, they may resort to methods that cause harm. We must also take into account that some women may not be financially or emotionally ready for a child, and that is their choice. Providing funding for abortions also reduces the number of unwanted children in foster care. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning sex reassignment surgery.
Old value:: Local governments decide on this.
Current: The government funds sex reassignment surgery for people with low incomes.
Proposed: The government funds sex reassignment surgery for people with low incomes.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Local governments decide about healthcare policies
Current: 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.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:42:07, November 29, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Improvements to Health |
| Message | All of these proposals mean the same thing in essence, the state funding people's private follies. If people want surgery or an abortion then that is their responsibility to pay for, not the responsibility of the Gaduri taxpayers. Politics in this country has become dominate by entitled thinking. Too many politicians think that the state owes them something. Mercedes Xirau Leader of the Libertarian Party |
| Date | 17:09:59, November 29, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the Improvements to Health |
| Message | People are not “entitled” for not wanting to choose between death or a medical bankruptcy. The LP shows time and time again their hatred for the poor, they don’t even deny it! Adam Guerre Robles Leader of the SPP |
| Date | 02:54:25, November 30, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Improvements to Health |
| Message | Gender reassignment and abortion are not matters of life and death. Such nonsensical rhetoric explains the Progressives continuing political decline. Mercedes Xirau Leader of the Libertarian Party |
| Date | 03:38:26, November 30, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the Improvements to Health |
| Message | But everything else is, and abortion can be a matter of life or death.Also, why do you think that gender reassignment surgery should be restricted to the rich?Should poor transgendered people live their entire lives in their uncomfortable gender? Adam Guerre Robles Leader of the SPP |
| Date | 13:32:46, November 30, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Improvements to Health |
| Message | As I am sure you can see, the current legislation provides funding for abortion in medical emergencies so there is no reason to change this in any way. If someone wants to change their gender then that’s a luxury they need to save and pay for on their own, not expect normal taxpayers to subsidise. Mercedes Xirau Leader of the Libertarian Party |
| Date | 18:13:37, November 30, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the Improvements to Health |
| Message | Being trans isn’t a choice Ms.Xirau.Gender reassignment surgery therefore isn’t a luxury.Also, the term “emergency” is not defined.Obviously, when the woman’s life is in danger is an emergency, but is it an emergency when, for example, a teen wanted to have sex but now is pregnant? Adam Guerre Robles Leader of the SPP |
| Date | 19:53:02, November 30, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Improvements to Health |
| Message | Being "trans" is not a health problem. Gender reassignment surgery is not a health treatment. Anybody who wants to indulge in this should have to pay for it themselves. If a teen wants to have sex then that's their choice and they should face the consequences. The job of the government is not to molly coddle pregnant teenagers. Actions have consequences. Grow up and live in the real world. Mercedes Xirau Leader of the Libertarian Party |
| Date | 20:51:47, November 30, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the Improvements to Health |
| Message | Gender dysphoria is a mental health problem, guess how to cure that?Gender reassignment surgery!Something you believe is a luxury when it is a right of all trans people.We all did dumb things as teens, imagine if we still felt the consequences of them today!Teens are not educated enough to make decisions about their body, that’s why they’re not allowed to drink, smoke cigs, and other things an adult can legally do. Adam Guerre Robles Leader of the SPP |
| Date | 03:28:38, December 02, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Improvements to Health |
| Message | How patronising! I can’t speak for the Progessives but I certainly wasn’t stupid enough to get pregnant as a teenager. The answer to the problem you present of the restrictions we place on teenagers is to lift those restrictions not patronise them further. Mercedes Xirau Leader of the Libertarian Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 97 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 56 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 97 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "It will be years, not in my time, before a woman will become Prime Minister." - Margaret Thatcher |