The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

[SvenssonRS]

Hi, guys.

I, SvenssonRS, do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the South East against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me Dave.

[SvenssonRS]

Aye.

(P.S. Sorry for the inactivity, I've been extremely busy )

[SvenssonRS]

Since I see nowhere else to post it, I propose an amendment to Speaker Yelnoc's bill...

Unborn Child Protection Act

1.  Noting that...

• With current medical technology, babies can survive outside of the womb during the third  trimester, as evidenced by the plethora of prematurely born babies that survive to become healthy individuals.
• Ending the life of a prematurely born baby is illegal.

2.  On that basis, the Unborn Child Protection Act seeks to extend that protection to fetus's in the third trimester.  All abortions carried out during the 3rd Trimester of pregnancy are hereby illegal
3.  Any physician who knowingly performs an abortion in the third trimester shall be fined under this titled or imprisoned for not more than two years or both.
4.  Exceptions to this law may be made in the case of a threat to the mother's health, rape, or incest.
5.  With the passage of the Unborn Child Protection Act, the previously passed Abortion Initiative shall be repealed, with this act taking its place.

[SvenssonRS]

*ahem* Due to finding more information on the matter, I move to amend my amendment as follows.

Unborn Child Protection Act

1.  Noting that...

• With current medical technology, babies can survive outside of the womb during the third  trimester, as evidenced by the plethora of prematurely born babies that survive to become healthy individuals.
• Ending the life of a prematurely born baby is illegal.

2.  On that basis, the Unborn Child Protection Act seeks to extend that protection to fetus's in the third trimester.  All abortions carried out during the 3rd Trimester of pregnancy are hereby illegal
3.  Any physician who knowingly performs an abortion in the third trimester shall be fined under this titled or imprisoned for not more than two years or both.
4.  Exceptions to this law may be made in the case of a threat to the mother's health, rape, or incest.
5.  With the passage of the Unborn Child Protection Act, the previously passed Abortion Initiative, Louisiana Abortion Initiative, and South Carolina Abortion Initiative shall all be repealed, with this act taking their place.

[SvenssonRS]

Maybe I am missing something obvious, but doesn't the bill, even with Svensson's amendment still substitute an apple for an apple?  I don't see the difference between the two laws other than word choice.

Your bill, plus my amendment, would push the abortion ban back another trimester, making it illegal only in the third.

[SvenssonRS]

Maybe I am missing something obvious, but doesn't the bill, even with Svensson's amendment still substitute an apple for an apple?  I don't see the difference between the two laws other than word choice.

Your bill, plus my amendment, would push the abortion ban back another trimester, making it illegal only in the third.

Doesn't the Abortion Ban law only refer to the last trimester (90 day period)?

"It shall be against the law to induce an abortion in the Southeast Region after the 90th day of the pregnancy except in the case of a severe threat to the mother's health."

Basically, abortion is illegal, as it is, after three months - only one trimester.

[SvenssonRS]

Aye on both measures.

[SvenssonRS]

I agree with PiT. If this is already in place as federal law, then there is no need to repeat ourselves.

[SvenssonRS]

ACK. Sorry, guys, I had an involved day today.

Anyway, my position on the current bill-in-discussion is effective neutrality for now. If Duke can free up the funds regionwide, then we have a way of paying it off with trivial ease, which is my main concern. If not, then I suggest tabling this until such time we figure out a way to fund it.

So, my support for this rests entirely with Duke and how successful he is. If he gets us our $3B, then certainly, we can pay it off without a blink. If not, I can't really support the massive price tag.

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Alright, then - that's that. Now that we know we can pay off the project, I can officially support it.

[SvenssonRS]

Aye.

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I see no real grounds of complaint here, aside from the name - which I suspect KS isn't inclined to change.

We still have plenty of funding left, so I don't quite see why not.

[SvenssonRS]

Aye. Yay, unanimous consent.

[SvenssonRS]

Thanks for all the works y'all did on that bill. You are truly the DS's finest!

Thankyou.  If you had not proposed the bill we would never have thought about it.

Governor PiT, to be honest, I don't know how much money we will need and what our highest and lowest priorities are because I do not know the state of the various infrastructures in the IDS.  Is there a report or some source to find out or are we just supposed to come up with random figures (or do we base our figures off the state of the actual American Southeast rather than the Atlasian one)?

By the way, I have the flu, so I might not be very active over the next few days.

Sorry, Yelnoc. Having the flu is never fun.

Infrastructure is a huge problem. I also think we could dump some more money into making towns like Natchez, MS a tourist town. Right now the town is surviving off of it's annual pilgrimages...

What category of the stimulus would that fall under, out of interest? Thing is, I agree, but I'd need to make some more specific calculations to figure how much we could spend.

[SvenssonRS]

Thanks for all the works y'all did on that bill. You are truly the DS's finest!

Thankyou.  If you had not proposed the bill we would never have thought about it.

Governor PiT, to be honest, I don't know how much money we will need and what our highest and lowest priorities are because I do not know the state of the various infrastructures in the IDS.  Is there a report or some source to find out or are we just supposed to come up with random figures (or do we base our figures off the state of the actual American Southeast rather than the Atlasian one)?

By the way, I have the flu, so I might not be very active over the next few days.

Sorry, Yelnoc. Having the flu is never fun.

Infrastructure is a huge problem. I also think we could dump some more money into making towns like Natchez, MS a tourist town. Right now the town is surviving off of it's annual pilgrimages...

What category of the stimulus would that fall under, out of interest? Thing is, I agree, but I'd need to make some more specific calculations to figure how much we could spend.

I think the biggest priorities should be (in no particualr order)

A. Roads/Bridges

B. Tourism (After BP, along with making our region a destination for nature-lovers)

C. Education (Lord, do our schools need to be fixed)

D. Renewable energy investments (Wind in TX, Hydro in LA, Solar everywhere, etc.)

Thing is, I don't know exactly where tourism would fit under the stimulus terms.

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I'll step forward to sponsor it, sure.

[SvenssonRS]

Aye.

Seems like the legislature's a bit quiet lately.

[SvenssonRS]

Since there's nothing else to do, I think we should return the SE to it's roots, with standard titles of "Lieutenant Governor" instead of "Lork of Darkness," etc. Would anyone be in favor/willing to sponsor/write such a bill?

Well, I would probably support it for one simple reason - I can't actually bloody remember any of the titles.

As for writing it, I might do it if nobody else wants to.

[SvenssonRS]

Nay.

[SvenssonRS]

Seems quite reasonable. Aye.

[SvenssonRS]

With deepest apologies, I announce my resignation from the legislature. Although you've all been great, this forum has effectively lost all meaning to me.

It was fun while it lasted.