Reducing the Need for Abortions
Category: Social Justice
Strength: to be decided later
The World Assembly,
Aware of abortion being a hotly contested issue,
Acknowledging the dislike of many nations towards the previously passed freedoms on the subject of abortion,
Suggesting that rather than attempting to repeal the previous resolutions or reducing individuals' right to choose, the need for abortions might be targeted instead,
Recognizing that many nations simply might not know how to reduce the need for abortions,
Hoping to provide some guidance on the matter,
Hereby,
1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution,
- an "abortion" as the artificial termination of a pregnancy,
- a "potential mother" as any pregnant individual who is an inhabitant or a citizen of a World Assembly member nation,
- a "home nation" as a member nation where the potential mother has permanent residency, or if they live in a non-member nation, a member nation where they are a citizen,
2. Clarifies that this resolution does not affect one way or another the legality of abortion, but does apply to all home nations where abortion is legal,
3. Mandates that all potential mothers be treated as equals, regardless of their national, cultural, ethnic, sexual, gender, religious or political backgrounds and orientations,
4. Requires that all potential mothers be given unbiased and thorough information about all of their options, when they seek help for their condition, including but not limited to,
- different methods of abortion, incluing the potential complications and danger to the potential mother, and the required aftercare,
- the processes of pregnancy and birth, including the potential complications and danger to them and their offspring,
- different methods of delivering their offspring alive, and the required aftercare,
- adoption options, both national and international,
- parenthood, both the positive and negative effects on their life, and
- reliable methods of preventing pregnancies,
5. Requires that member nations establish, if such does not already exist, a specific branch of maternity healthcare, either as separate clinics or incorporated into existing healthcare system, to provide potential mothers easy access to supportive healthcare during pregnancy, birth and early years of childcare,
6. Mandates that member nations ensure potential mothers adequate access to maternity healthcare, and that anything to do with maternity healthcare, including transport, treatments and specialist services be made free or easily affordable for them,
7. Further requires that member nations establish, if such does not already exist, postnatal maternity support system to ensure, including but not limited to,
- hands-on teaching on how to handle a newborn,
- hands-on teaching on childcare more generally,
- providing materials needed for childcare of a newborn,
- ensuring adequate nutrition to young children and the caretakers of young children,
- a chance to speak with a mental health specialist when necessary,
- a chance to meet other new parents for peer-to-peer support, and
- access to reliable prevention methods to reduce the risk of non-planned pregnancies,
8. Encourages nations to ensure that new parents have the opportunity to bond with their newborn without considerable loss of income.
IC: "For a long while we Araraukarians have been watching the abortion debate raging on and have been amazed at how it has become so fanatical over the choice to do or not do an abortion, when there have always been ways to significantly reduce the need for abortions to exist in the first place. Some nations that we won't mention here, keep on raging against the rock that is one of the previous resolutions, but repeatedly fail to provide real answers to why they keep having such a problem with abortions in the first place? If you have access to preventative methods, know that sex can result in pregnancies and know that you won't be left to cope alone if you choose not to abort - and even that you can let your baby to be adopted, if you'd prefer not to have it yourself - really do do wonders to the lowering of abortion rates. So we thought to give everyone something new to chew on, instead, and maybe help reduce the pressure over the whole issue of abortion."
OOC: Not sure of the strength, because for somewhere like RL Finland, this would be Mild, because most of the things are already in effect (and may be partially copied from there, I admit), but something like, say, USA, it would probably be Significant at least, and some third world poor hellhole of a country, it might even be Strong. What are we assuming for the general level of WA nations?
Also, it's not in Healthcare, because the focus is meant to be on the assistance and welfare support available, not healthcare methods themselves, but if others feel it's too healthcare-oriented, then switching it there isn't that big a problem.