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Bill: Animal testing bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Neo-Marxist revolutionary 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: August 2081
Description[?]:
| Recognising the fact that research using animals is necessary if an unfortunate necessity; but also recognising the rights of animals. We propose to strictly regulate the research practices used when using animals as 'lab-rats' thus, hopefully ensuring no animal needlessly suffers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in medical research.
Old value:: There are no restrictions on the use of animals for research.
Current: Animal research projects must apply for a license and submit to regulation.
Proposed: Animal research projects must apply for a license and submit to regulation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:32:05, July 11, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | no way, puppies are precious... experiement on thought criminals instead! |
| Date | 01:17:46, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Free Beluzians | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | We certainly should regulate animal testing. Animal testing, while distasteful, is also much more preferable than testing it on humans. For the first stage, at least. The FBP would have no problem with criminals condemed to death to instead opt for being used as second-stage testing guinea-pigs. |
| Date | 23:32:45, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | But rats are killed in their droves anyway as pests - why does it need to have strict regulation? |
| Date | 23:33:33, July 12, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | About 95% of test animals are mice so when you moan about monkeys and dogs its only a handful. |
| Date | 08:48:19, July 14, 2005 CET | From | Free Beluzians | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | Its still a handful too much, and who says that nobody cares about the mice? |
| Date | 14:07:02, July 14, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | In tis situation I would prefer basic regulation. I do care about mice (not really actually but...) but I care about humans sooooooo much more. |
| Date | 21:25:45, July 14, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | We support this proposal. For the cute bunnies of Beluzia. We also have vague pictures of the leadership of the Partisans And Artisans League torturing monkeys with a stick to support our point. |
| Date | 00:31:57, July 15, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | Yes and what a joyous picture that is.... I find the nearest monkeys - and oh that appears to be my fellow politicians.... And the torture... oh I don't know...the knowledge that I'm right and your wrong??? Interesting I'm right and right... ah well the right does tend to be right |
| Date | 00:33:55, July 15, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | Fear not though, you in the left-wing, I'm sure you'll find lots of mindless idiots and Jonny-pencil-pushers to support your path tho self-destruction and misery. Long live Beluzia! and all her fair citizens (irrespective of their liberal ideology)! |
| Date | 04:17:30, July 15, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | Monkeys and girbils are not known for their thought crimes. The punishment must fit the crime, and these kindly beasts are not known for their wicked sedition... quite unlike the well known sedition of our communist overlords! The PPP has respect for all form,s of life! Our Chimp riders are well known by the opposition! With each chimp astride a french or old english mastiff, bearing a hatchet or cowbar in his ready hand, gladly incapacitating the traitorous opposition wherever they cower from our righteous vengance! Their abuses are well known, the hollow, tired face of our grandmothers, the confused and righteously angry face of our children... they tell the story of communist abuse! Strike, while the iron is hot! Let them feel the sting of our anger! |
| Date | 17:51:41, July 15, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | As I see it there is sufficient support for this bill to bring it up to vote, no? |
| Date | 18:02:33, July 15, 2005 CET | From | Neo-Marxist revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | Putting to the vote. |
| Date | 15:25:37, July 16, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | PPP your back on form - lol. |
| Date | 20:21:51, July 16, 2005 CET | From | Beluzian Labor Party | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | While Labor believes that researchers should have to apply for licenses to test on animals, and while we believe that they should submit to a minimal set of regulations about the care of these animals (just as any pet owner does), Labor also recognises the value that animal research has. The advances made through testing on animals are advances in quality of life for Beluzians. We feel it is dangerous to submit the actual research practices themselves to bureaucratic review. If this resolution restricted itself to animal licensing and regulating standards of care (not relating to the testing necessary to the research itself), as well as to the ethical standards researchers already have in place within their own institutions, Labor would support it. As this resolution interferes in the research practices themselves, we cannot in good conscience support it. |
| Date | 23:34:11, July 16, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Animal testing bill |
| Message | Rock on BLP! if only I was that eloquent :) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 96 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 90 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 105 |
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