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Bill: Free Contraceptives Act of 2238
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Socialist Party
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: December 2239
Description[?]:
| Although the price of contraceptives is currently relatively low Ikradon, the DSP feels that providing them for free would better ensure their usage, especially amongst younger age group. To this end we propose that condoms and contraceptive bills are to be provided free of charge in places where they can be easily obtained. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:58:32, June 06, 2006 CET | From |  Zapatista Freedom Party | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | We initially support this, although we would like to hear why the well off deserve free contraceptives too? |
| Date | 16:06:58, June 06, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | How are you prosing to oversee who is actually given the contraceptives? Asking the customer in a pharmacy for his or her tax card, or placing a guard by the condom-machine in a public bathroom to fullfill the same function? Such measures would be extremely impractical to enforce, and be inequal (albeit admittedly in very unusual way). |
| Date | 21:19:03, June 06, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | We found that free contraceptives were being misused; thus, we adopted the current policy. The "considerable discount" is built into the prices seen in pharmacies and public dispensers. |
| Date | 23:24:06, June 06, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | So I observed when looking at the previous resolutions. However, we feel that we can stand a little loss for a good cause. (OOC, was there anything to base the misuse on, by game terms, or did you just think it up? Because if you did, I could have just as easily cooked up a story of alarmingly raising rates of teenage pregnancies to back up my proposal). |
| Date | 23:25:39, June 06, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | Sorry if that sounded rude btw, I didn't mean it quite like that. |
| Date | 00:43:37, June 07, 2006 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | The IPC's predecessor party once backed a similar measure, and we would be glad to back this again. |
| Date | 03:02:53, June 07, 2006 CET | From | Lyika ati Isọdọtun | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | OOC: I think the Neoretropostmodernist Party came up with the scenario, and we all accepted it. I could be wrong, though. |
| Date | 12:33:26, June 07, 2006 CET | From | Zapatista Freedom Party | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | We will support. Although there could be slight complications, this would have an overall good effect on the nation's health. This would also mean less abortions, which parties here oppose. |
| Date | 13:27:21, June 07, 2006 CET | From | Ikradonian Faith Party | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | OOC: I was the one who 'made up' that free condoms were being used to make balloons and the contraceptive pill was being used as currency in poker games, I believe. :-D No! We should not interfere with the natural course of nature! Young people should be encouraged to have children, such is the only way to keep our economy thriving and our country safe. |
| Date | 19:11:52, June 07, 2006 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | The IPC supports contraception, as the alternative is more abortions or unwanted children. Our adoption system can handle a certain level of unwanted children easily, but to minimize this in a way that makes abortion rare, it may be necessary to accept certain inefficiencies. |
| Date | 20:08:02, June 07, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Contraceptives Act of 2238 |
| Message | OOC: I'm pretty sure it was neclaces, not gaming chips. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 360 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 239 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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