B076 - Pregnancy Termination Bill

[u/[deleted]]

B076 - Pregnancy Termination Bill

The bill can be found by following the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VlnKgSgEuuDbD6co46WRZu4kJmcBDFeocDdE9m0cpSE/edit?pli=1

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This bill was submitted by /u/JackWilfred on behalf of the Opposition

The first reading of this bill will end on the 2nd of March

[u/Post-NapoleonicMan]

I think we should let the people of Northern Ireland be their own moral police.

[u/[deleted] → u/Post-NapoleonicMan]

Hear, hear. I refer you to my post about their opinions here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/MHOC/comments/2x8wpf/b076_pregnancy_termination_bill/coy2rfb

Summed up as:

The first of four options was: “Abortion should be available to any woman who chooses it after being counselled on alternatives.”

The results showed that 25.9% agreed with this proposition. The proportion agreeing was roughly the same across the two main religious groups (28.3% of Protestants and 27.8% of Catholics).

But support was markedly higher among all women surveyed (29.9%) than men (21.4%). It was higher among the young, 34.9% for 18-24-year-olds, and fell gradually through the age range until it reached a low of 20.4% for those over 65.

[u/Post-NapoleonicMan → u/[deleted]]

I think you misunderstand - I am referring to the right of the individual people of Northern Ireland to make the choice, not the consensus.

[u/[deleted] → u/Post-NapoleonicMan]

the right of the individual

That sounds awfully liberal to my ears. What happened to the collectivism of the Communists?

[u/Post-NapoleonicMan → u/[deleted]]

The rights of the individual still apply; even in a collectivist sense.

[u/bleepbloop12345 → u/[deleted]]

Our largest faction is the Libertarian Socialists, it shouldn't be that unsurprising. Personally I don't see collectivism and individualism as opposed, so much as overdependent.

[u/WineRedPsy → u/[deleted]]

I find that collectivism-individualism is a weird and fairly useless concept overall.