International Abortions Convention
Council: General Assembly
Category: Moral Decency
Strength: Significant
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THE WORLD ASSEMBLY,
DEFINING pregnancy as the condition of carrying a developing offspring within the body,
DEFINING abortion as the intentional termination of a pregnancy resulting in the end of biological functions in a developing offspring,
DEFINING "partial-birth abortions", also known as intact dilation and extraction or late-term abortions, as abortions in which the person performing the abortion, deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the bearer, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the bearer, for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living offspring; and performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living offspring.
DEFINING "sex-selective abortions" as abortions performed based on, and because of, the predicted sex of the developing offspring,
HEREBY
OUTLAWS Partial-Birth and Sex-Selective Abortions in all cases,
INSISTS that all individuals seeking an abortion disclose their ages to the relevant physicians, without which the physicians shall not be allowed to proceed in performing the abortion,
REQUIRES Parental Notification for all abortions performed on a minor who is below the stipulated age of majority in her nation,
MANDATES that abortions be legalised as a last resort in cases where continued pregnancy poses a medically-certified long-term threat to the physical and/or mental health of the bearer, after all other possible methods of removing or reducing this threat have been ruled out,
FURTHER MANDATES that neither the bearer, nor the physician performing the abortion, shall be subject to excessive punishment if the aborted fetus had an incurable medical condition that would have caused certain death,
PROTECTS physicians from being prosecuted for refusing to perform an abortion on moral and/or religious grounds, unless such a refusal directly leads to the death of the patient seeking an abortion,
DECLARES that the authority to enact further legislation related to this area is reserved to individual member states, acting in their own sovereign capacity, and affecting only themselves, provided this resolution is upheld,
URGES each and every nation to act with prudence in this area, and to regard all forms of human life with compassion and respect,
CLARIFIES that the provisions of this resolution shall apply only to placental human beings residing in World Assembly member nations.
List of Past Proposals for Further Reference
"On Abortion"-PASSED, Charlotte Ryberg
"Defence of Life Act"-Christian Democrats
"Parental Consent Act"-Christian Democrats
"Fetal Life Protection Act"-Southern Dixiecrats
"Abortion Responsibility Act"-Eternal Life with God/Eternal Yerushalayim
