Ma'at Kheru: Repeal Reproductive Freedom

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL
ID: omigodtheyclonedkenny_1412006799
Repeal "Reproductive Freedoms"

A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.


Category: Repeal


Resolution: GA#286


Proposed by: Omigodtheyclonedkenny

Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #286: Reproductive Freedoms (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: The World Assembly,

Acknowledging the importance of protecting the individual right to reproductive choice on an international level,

Agreeing that legislation on such a sensitive and controversial subject should affirm essential rights while at the same time providing for a modicum of reasonable restrictions to prevent abuse and assure the safety of all those involved,

Regretting that Resolution #286: Reproductive Freedoms falls short in this regard,

Noting that the resolution, by the author's own admission, compels member states to legalize abortion at any point in a patient's pregnancy, even into the late term,

Contending that Reproductive Freedoms' across-the-board legalization of abortion, with few allowances for nations to regulate the practice, and with little regard for preventing abusive cultural customs such as forced abortions or gender-selective abortions, exposes the irresponsible manner in which the legislation was crafted,

Objecting to the fact that the resolution ignores relevant concerns about reducing the need for abortion, in that it forbids "impediments" to abortion-on-demand, which could include even medical counseling about alternatives to abortion,

Expressing its concern that had the voters known just how radical and extreme the measures of this resolution were, it would not have passed,

Seeking consensus on a more moderate reproductive-rights resolution,

Hereby repeals Resolution #286: Reproductive Freedoms.

Normally I would support a good repeal, however in this case I must fall on the side of personal liberty.
This repeal, should it pass would open the floodgates for nations to savagely curtail the freedom of individuals
to determine if and when they choose to start a family.

I find the author's argument weak, and his attempt to play on Travis' good name offensive.

I recommend we oppose this.

[travis]

As the author I will be happy to field any queries on this proposal.

Reproductive Freedoms is one of the gravest assaults on national sovereignty in WA history, and it badly needs to be repealed and replaced with an abortion rights resolution (and yes, I do have a replacement) that doesn't force WA nations to legalize all late-term abortions, and is not so casually indifferent to forced and/or gender-selective abortion.

[travis]

Also, FOR the resolution (obviously).

[Vaculatestar]

Completely FOR.

[Ridersyl]

For.

[Treize Dreizehn]

I was gonna vote for it anyway. Good times.

[Andrew]

for

[War Wombat]

for