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Bill: ASDP Reforms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Aldegar Social Democratic 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: November 2288
Description[?]:
| We needed to do something with our vast amounts of quota. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 2
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 allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Current: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Proposed: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Current: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Proposed: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Article 5
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 6
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Proposed: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:16:28, September 23, 2006 CET | From | Baltic Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the ASDP Reforms |
| Message | I am not in the agreement of 3,4, and 5.I am sad to see what has become of Aldegar. |
| Date | 00:00:02, September 24, 2006 CET | From | Fenner Brockway Socialist Party | To | Debating the ASDP Reforms |
| Message | We don't like the practice of combining so many unrelated measures in a single bill. We'd prefer to be able to consider them individually. |
| Date | 00:06:24, September 24, 2006 CET | From | Aldegar Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the ASDP Reforms |
| Message | OK, we will create individual bills for each law we want passed in future. |
| Date | 19:24:28, September 24, 2006 CET | From | Center-Right Coalition | To | Debating the ASDP Reforms |
| Message | The CRC will not stand for the ASDP's push. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 187 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 188 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "A politician who is poor is a poor politician." - Carlos Hank Gonzalez |