[REPLACEMENT DRAFT] Reproductive Health Act

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

Reproductive Health Act
Category: Social Justice
Strength: Mild
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The World Assembly,

RECOGNISING the importance of reproductive health,

AFFIRMING its commitment to promoting quality in essential health services,

HEREBY

1) URGES member nations to ensure that the following are available to individuals who request them:

a) Access to essential gynaecological and obstetric care
b) Comprehensive sex education
c) Pre-conceptual, pre-natal and post-natal counseling services
d) Access to family planning and pre-conceptual reproductive control services

2) DIRECTS member nations to ensure that accurate and concise information about the services detailed in Clause 1 is easily available to all individuals and entities requiring it,

3) CHARGES the World Health Authority (WHA) with the responsibility of providing international definitions for the terms within Clauses 1 and 2, subject to local laws and policies.

A replacement draft in anticipation of the repeal of the "Reduction of Abortion Act".

[Three Weasels]

I'd like to see the first clause include all the services in RoAA, with abstinence excluded as 'comprehensive education' implies that such things will be taught.

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

I'd like to see the first clause include all the services in RoAA, with abstinence excluded as 'comprehensive education' implies that such things will be taught.

adoption services
contraceptives
family planning services
obstetric medical care, counseling, and services,
comprehensive sex education,
awareness and prevention programs to prevent rape and incest?

[Christian Democrats]

URGES member nations to ensure that the following are available to all women [ . . . ] Comprehensive sexuality education (including pre-conceptual counseling and information about proper methods of reproductive control)

All women? How about all adolescent and postadolescent women?

I don't want pressure from the World Assembly to teach sex ed courses to female kindergarteners.

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

URGES member nations to ensure that the following are available to all women [ . . . ] Comprehensive sexuality education (including pre-conceptual counseling and information about proper methods of reproductive control)

All women? How about all adolescent and postadolescent women?

I don't want pressure from the World Assembly to teach sex ed courses to female kindergarteners.

Well, it's on their request. The only thing you'd actually be required to do without an explicit request from them is to inform them that sex education exists, and it's a way of promoting reproductive health (without going into the details).

[Left wing Marxism]

The Proletarian Council of Left Wing Marxism Supports this Act for the following reasons:
1:Many Women need the above needed services but can't have them due to their government.
2.Too many countries are denying these services to their populace and this Act would help deal with that issue.
While the Council Supports this Resolution,they also suggest 1(one) change to the resolution:
1.Include Men in this Resolution.Only women are mentioned in this resolution and it is the Council's belief that men deserve all of these services as equally as women.

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

Reproductive Health Act
Category: Social Justice
Strength: Mild
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The World Assembly,

RECOGNISING the importance of reproductive health,

AFFIRMING its commitment to promoting quality in essential health services,

HEREBY

1) URGES member nations to ensure that the following are available to individuals who require them, on their request:

a) Access to essential gynaecological and obstetric care
b) Comprehensive sexuality education (including pre-conceptual counseling and information about proper methods of reproductive control)
c) Pre-natal and post-natal counseling services
d) Access to family planning services
e) Accurate and concise information on their legal rights and privileges, concerning reproductive health and adoption and/or foster care services

2) DIRECTS member nations to ensure that accurate and concise information about the services detailed in Clause 1 is easily available to all individuals and entities requiring it,

3) AFFIRMS that the legitimate use of the services detailed in Clause 1 shall not be cause for criminal prosecution or civil suit,

4) CHARGES the World Health Authority (WHA) with the responsibility of defining the terms within Clauses 1, 2, and 3, based on local laws and social conventions.

[Morlago]

Full support from us.

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

Full support from us.

Thank you.

[IrishPunk]

This will have full support from the Borderlands of IrishPunk.

[Gratslova]

You have our full support.

[Separatist Peoples]

If Reduction of Abortion passes, this has our support, barring any major changes. Since this, unfortunately, won't stay unlegislated, this is uninvasive enough to have our unopposition.
Yes, I got halfway through that sentence and decided to keep using the prefix un-.

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

If Reduction of Abortion passes, this has our support, barring any major changes. Since this, unfortunately, won't stay unlegislated, this is uninvasive enough to have our unopposition.
Yes, I got halfway through that sentence and decided to keep using the prefix un-.

LOL.

[Ratateague]

a) Access to essential gynaecological and obstetric care

I noticed there were no provisions to men's health, such as Andrology. After all, it takes two to tango, right?
Otherwise, it looks great!

[Buenia]

a) Access to essential gynaecological and obstetric care

I noticed there were no provisions to men's health, such as Andrology. After all, it takes two to tango, right?
Otherwise, it looks great!

Agreed.

Republic of Buenia supports this proposal.

[Monikian WA Mission]

"Our natural instinct is to oppose this on the basis of it not being an international issue. That said, chances of reproductive health not being legislated are extremely low, apparently human societies are incapable of governing their national reproductive health policies logically -- honestly one wonders how these nations functioned before the WA sprang into being, !terts -- we find this to be sov-friendly enough to give it our tentative support."

[Mousebumples]

While I applaud the overall intent of this proposal draft, there are FAR too many specific issues with the wording for me to be able to support this as written. The details are outlined below ...

The World Assembly,

Boilerplate. *yawn*

RECOGNISING the importance of reproductive health,

This may be part of it. This proposal seems to only aim towards protecting the reproductive health of women. Does the reproductive health of men not matter to the WA?

AFFIRMING its commitment to promoting quality in essential health services,

I agree that quality is important, but affordability and access are also important to me and should be included in this preamble.

1) URGES member nations to ensure that the following are available to individuals who require them, on their request:

This clause seems to have plenty of room for loopholes. In order to avoid having to provide a given service on request, a given nation may stipulate a list of who "requires" such services. As that would allow for any (or all) of the following items to be struck out and, essentially, not provided, the wording here is a dealbreaker for me.

a) Access to essential gynaecological and obstetric care

I dislike the use of the word "essential." Some nations may feel that access to birth control (i.e. condoms, the morning after pill, etc.) are not "essential," and this clause would allow them to avoid providing access to such things.

b) Comprehensive sexuality education (including pre-conceptual counseling and information about proper methods of reproductive control)

I don't see why ONLY pre-conceptual counseling is included here. Further, I think that should be a different item as I don't know that it necessarily fits in with the heading of "comprehensive sexuality education." Also, I would believe that the term "sexuality education" could include a "GAYS ARE BAD!" message, should a particularly homophobic nation wish to spread such propaganda within their nation.

I would suggest combining the "pre-conceptual counseling" with the "pre-natal and post-natal" counseling below.

c) Pre-natal and post-natal counseling services

So long as the pre-natal counseling doesn't in any way impact the right of a woman to obtain an abortion (in line with present WA law), I don't have other specific objections to this clause.

d) Access to family planning services

I would prefer for this clause to be expanded upon to specifically mention access to birth control and the right to an abortion.

e) Accurate and concise information on their legal rights and privileges, concerning reproductive health

I'm not sure what this clause is getting at. If you're referring to obtaining more information with regards to the aforementioned items ... meh. I don't know that this clause is necessary. If you're trying to get at something else ... I think this needs some rewording for clarity.

2) DIRECTS member nations to ensure that accurate and concise information about the services detailed in Clause 1 is easily available to all individuals and entities requiring it,

Clause E is especially not necessary since this clause duplicates it entirely.

3) AFFIRMS that the legitimate use of the services detailed in Clause 1 shall not be cause for criminal prosecution or civil suit,

I'm not sure that this is appropriate withing the scope of this proposal. Is there a specific circumstance that you're looking to prevent with this clause?

4) CHARGES the World Health Authority (WHA) with the responsibility of defining the terms within Clauses 1, 2, and 3, based on local laws and social conventions.

I would prefer some rewording of this - for starters, having the WHA provide international definitions of such terms, subject to local laws. I don't see why social conventions should be a potential reason for overriding the intended meaning of this proposal's aim.

As such, I am unable to support this proposal text. I encourage further edits to the text to remedy the issues highlighted above.

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

I see the Honoured Ambassador's point, but I am not about to support a blanket legalisation of abortion services...

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

Reproductive Health Act
Category: Social Justice
Strength: Mild
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The World Assembly,

RECOGNISING the importance of reproductive health,

AFFIRMING its commitment to promoting affordability, availability and quality in essential health services,

HEREBY

1) URGES member nations to ensure that the following are available to individuals who request them:

a) Access to gynaecological, andrological and obstetric care
b) Comprehensive sex education
c) Pre-conceptual, pre-natal and post-natal counseling services
d) Access to family planning and pre-conceptual reproductive control services

2) DIRECTS member nations to ensure that accurate and concise information about the services detailed in Clause 1 is easily available to all individuals and entities requiring it,

3) CHARGES the World Health Authority (WHA) with the responsibility of providing international definitions for the terms within Clauses 1 and 2, subject to local laws and policies.

[Cardoness]

We have reviewed the RoAA and compared it to this resolution and have found this to be a poor substitute. Reduction of Abortion Act is a well written, basic, and fair resolution and we see no reason to repeal it. As such, we are unable to give our support to this act.

[Mousebumples]

I see the Honoured Ambassador's point, but I am not about to support a blanket legalisation of abortion services...

I figured as much. And while I appreciate Your Excellency putting such remarks on the record, that is a BIG reason why I am unable to support this.

As I will not be able to support this proposal, I will work to improve a different alternative introduced when RoAA is repealed.

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

I see the Honoured Ambassador's point, but I am not about to support a blanket legalisation of abortion services...

I figured as much. And while I appreciate Your Excellency putting such remarks on the record, that is a BIG reason why I am unable to support this.

As I will not be able to support this proposal, I will work to improve a different alternative introduced when RoAA is repealed.

The WA will not take kindly to the replacement of a resolution meant to reduce abortions with one meant to endorse them, Honoured Ambassador. Neither will we, of course. Yet, several of your suggestions have been added.

[Mousebumples]

The WA will not take kindly to the replacement of a resolution meant to reduce abortions with one meant to endorse them, Honoured Ambassador. Neither will we, of course. Yet, several of your suggestions have been added.

There is a distinction between "endorsing" abortions (which I am not doing and would not do) and "ensuring access to" abortions. I firmly believe that abortion should be legal, safe, affordable, and RARE. They are not mutually exclusive terms.

[Eternal Yerushalayim]

The WA will not take kindly to the replacement of a resolution meant to reduce abortions with one meant to endorse them, Honoured Ambassador. Neither will we, of course. Yet, several of your suggestions have been added.

There is a distinction between "endorsing" abortions (which I am not doing and would not do) and "ensuring access to" abortions. I firmly believe that abortion should be legal, safe, affordable, and RARE. They are not mutually exclusive terms.

I'd be interested to see a private draft.

[Monikian WA Mission]

"The problem we have is how is this any of the WA's damn business. This replacement is acceptable enough to us simply because it is loophole ridden. If Nation A wants to completely ban abortion fine--let it be on their head, if Nation B wants Mandatory Abortion fine--let it be on their head. Monkiah will of course continue its practice of only aborting defective offspring."