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Bill: Medicinal Advancement Act of May 2213
Details
Submitted by[?]: Proletariat Revolution 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 2214
Description[?]:
| This will seek to reduce the burdensome government restrictions that currently inhibit the progress that medicine could be making. By allowing our medical researchers unfettered access to their subjects in order to test out new medical solutions, we can watch as they further the medical discoveries that make us a stronger species. The more they are able to test abd research without restriction, the more we can see the development of drugs to cure and treat ailments we once thought of as terminal. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in medical research.
Old value:: The use of animals in research is subject to basic regulations.
Current: The use of animals in research is subject to basic regulations.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the use of animals for research.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:45:22, April 10, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Medicinal Advancement Act of May 2213 |
| Message | Axis Mundi Revolution! opposes. It has long been established that animal research has MINIMAL value in terms of monitoring the effects of medecines in humans. |
| Date | 00:55:25, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Medicinal Advancement Act of May 2213 |
| Message | We support this. We would rather a dead animal when testing a product than a dead human. |
| Date | 05:42:23, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Medicinal Advancement Act of May 2213 |
| Message | One dead rat is better than 5 dead humans. Lab rats exist for a reason and it is so that we can safely test our medicine. Yes, it's "animal cruetly", but as humans we survive differently from other creatures and hence, this is our means of survival. |
| Date | 10:59:22, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Medicinal Advancement Act of May 2213 |
| Message | Curious... the PRP seems to be responding to a point we didn't make! We ALSO believe that this is unneccessary cruelty - but that wasn't the argument we presented. We pointed out that research has strongly supported, again and again, the fact that testing on animals is almost ENTIRELY irrelevent to the results of drugs in humans.... since exposure-times, blood-concentrations, and even metabolic effects of drugs are all markedly different in animals to their effects in humans. Effectively, the ONLY purpose this kind of testing serves, is finding out how these medicines work IN ANIMALS. |
| Date | 14:52:46, April 11, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Medicinal Advancement Act of May 2213 |
| Message | We wish to make 2 points in this debate. First, basic regulation on animal testing does not prevent their use in testing, it mearly defines some conditions under which that testing will be done. This actually improves the accuracy of said testing since the conditions are replicable across all labs, as well as minimizing variences due to environmental factors. Second, properly conducted animal testing is relevant to human usage in the early stages, in so far as basic safety issues and effecacy issues are concerned. After these tests are concluded, human testing of those drugs which pass is still necessary for dosage asn species specific concerns. Therefore, we must oppose this bill as we feel that the research, while necessary, can be best carried out under conditions of basic regulation. |
| Date | 15:53:59, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Medicinal Advancement Act of May 2213 |
| Message | Good arguments made by our allies in the AM RLP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 178 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 229 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 94 |
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