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Bill: Post-Mortem Choice
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tuesday Is Coming
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: April 2075
Description[?]:
| Recognizing: That each individual has the ultimate ownership over their own bodily organs We propose that organ donation be permitted, but the decision left up to the owner. That each individual be permitted to write a will, and to include in it exactly how their body is to be disposed of after death, including, but not limited to, the method of burial or cremation, and whether or not their organs should be available to others, and under what condition(s) all of the above is to be carried out. Each organ donor may be voluntarily issued means to identify them as an organ donor, including but not limited to donor cards, dog tags, or other means of identification. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning organ donations.
Old value:: The government enforces no regulation whatsoever.
Current: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Proposed: Organ donations are legal with personal consent.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:34:26, June 30, 2005 CET | From | Lodamun Centre-Left Coalition | To | Debating the Post-Mortem Choice |
| Message | This has the MLP's support. Consent should not be assumed. |
| Date | 05:28:48, July 02, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Post-Mortem Choice |
| Message | Likewise this has the support of the ASP. |
| Date | 18:28:38, July 02, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Post-Mortem Choice |
| Message | A step in the right direction. |
| Date | 00:21:33, July 03, 2005 CET | From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the Post-Mortem Choice |
| Message | It is not up to the government to say what a person desires happens to their body after their death. Legalising the right to donate organs would only be necessary if there was a law which suggested a deceased person's was not part of their estate. As such, this bill is like legalising the breathing of air, it is legislation for the sake of legislation. |
| Date | 00:58:19, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Post-Mortem Choice |
| Message | We submitted this bill because the current legislation, "no regulations whatsoever" could be construed to mean that organ donations are not permitted. We fail to see how this proposal contradict's your statement: "It is not up to the government to say what a person desires happens to their body after their death." We wrote this bill for the exact reason you just stated. |
| Date | 01:01:46, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Post-Mortem Choice |
| Message | Technically the body of a deceased person belongs to their survivors. Unless the law allows a person to declare their intent o the disposal of their body after their death, their will can be overridden by their heirs. This law prevents that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 314 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 136 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: "How many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg? Four. Calling a dog's tail a leg does not make it a leg." - Abraham Lincoln |