Title: Immigration Numbers Neut
Description
While the vats push out new @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ one after another, the immigration rate has slowed to near zero. The reason? Citizens of @@NAME@@ must be de-sexed to prevent accidentally creating a child outside the government-sanctioned vats, and prospective immigrants are reluctant to undergo the procedure.
Validity
Has mandatory neutering (from 123.5 and maybe 358.5/6); Immigration; possibly Adult
Option 1
"Look, I want to be a citizen of @@NAME@@ as much as anyone," starts @@RANDOMNAME_1@@, one of many long-term international "tourists" living in @@CAPITAL@@. "But there's no way I'm letting you neuter me, it's insane! It's like you don't trust us - contraceptives and abstinence can work just as well to prevent births as neutering, and I know what I'd prefer. Once you waive that requirement from the citizenship process, I'm sure immigration will pick right back up again."
Validity
All
Effect
immigrant children excel in biology classes
Option 2
"C'mon now!" shouts a @@MAN_2@@ balancing on a tightrope outside your window. "If we're expecting them to lose something of themselves, we should give them something in return! What could be fairer? They lose their childbearing ability, but in return, a nice cash bonus! Not too much, mind you, but just enough to help them get settled in the @@TYPE@@. Money makes the world go around - these complaints will dry up soon enough with some @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@ to sweeten the pain."
Validity
All
Effect
cash-strapped immigrants get tied up in knots over government handouts
Option 3
"That's ridiculous!" argues straight-faced de-sexing official, @@RANDOMMALENAME_3@@, sitting with his legs neatly crossed. "No special treatment or monetary incentives - if @@HE_1@@ wants to become a citizen, @@HE_1@@'s gotta follow the rules, same as the rest of us! Any changes to the system and you'll have people pestering you to extend them to natural-born citizens within the hour! That said, it might be worth looking into less invasive methods of preventing childbirth - I'm sure there would be less complaints if the law stipulated compulsory contraceptives, rather than surgery."
Validity
All
Effect
new arrivals' bags are always filled with drugs
Option 4a
Exactly 59 minutes later, one of your older staffers stops you in the hallway. "What's this about stopping the neutering program?" @@HE_4@@ asks, making @@RANDOMMALENAME_3@@ sound oddly prophetic. "I hope you're keeping the vats - some people love not having to be pregnant - but my partner and I would love to have a kid naturally, the way evolution intended. If you could revoke the requirement for @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ to be de-sexed, it would be a dream! Although, you're gonna have to provide reversal surgery too. Violet knows this isn’t going to be cheap..." @@HE_3@@ looks forlornly at @@HIS@@ crotch.
Validity
Leaning atheistic
Effect
surgeons fix more tubes than the average plumber
Option 4b
Exactly 59 minutes later, one of your older staffers stops you in the hallway. "What's this about stopping the neutering program?" @@HE_4@@ asks, making @@RANDOMNAME_3@@ sound oddly prophetic. "I hope you're keeping the vats - some people love not having to be pregnant - but my partner and I would love to have a kid naturally, as Creation intended. If you could revoke the requirement for @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ to be de-sexed, it would be a dream! Although, you're gonna have to provide reversal surgery too. Violet knows this isn’t going to be cheap..." @@HE_3@@ looks forlornly at @@HIS@@ crotch.
Validity
Leaning religious
Effect
surgeons fix more tubes than the average plumber
Information
The chaining and validity here is a bit dodgy. This issue is guaranteed to chain to 123.5; could possibly chain to 358.5/6, and probably won't chain to 486.5 or 1028.3. I've listed all those options here:
As you can see, 123.5 says "sterilise everybody", which clearly is relevant to this issue. 358.5/6 says "sterilise newborns", which might be relevant but it's an odd assumption that immigrants fall under "newborns". Finally; 486.5 and 1028.3 mention nothing at all about sterilisation, so it's an unlikely chain.
My intention was to explicitly make a path to "optional" no-biological-reproduction with vats (Option 3), in short because I'm sick of having "biological reproduction is prohibited" on my policies. 1340.4 also does that (thanks FJS!), but this issue has been in the works since before that was encountered, and I feel like this is still an interesting issue, once you get past the validity weirdness. As part of that, I'd like to make this as broadly applicable to Vat-Born Citizens nations as possible.
Yes, I'm aware that admin has to make the policy visible, but I figured with an issue to implement (and cancel - watch this space) such a policy of optionality, as well as the fact that optionality technically makes the wording of the current policy incorrect, would be enough for me to make a successful case. Ambitious? Yes. But ever since policies were added, the line has been "editors code them, so write a good issue and the policy gets added". I figure I might as well give this a shot.