There are, thankfully, a slew of options for a woman in a situation where she finds herself to be pregnant and does not want to be, and all have been pointed out already.

For now, Gentlemen and Senator Star, Chandrila will abstain from voting either way.

Abregado-San Votes In favor.

I propose this bill be changed to the following:

No abortions will be forced upon a woman by any outside force.
Abortions in the last trimester of the pregnancy will be outlawed.

A vested interest perhaps? I certainly would not put it past our most famously.. bacchant senator.

Firstly, I will point out, much to your chagrin Senator Ordan I am sure, that this bill would introduce a horrible economic policy for the empire. In which we are costing the Empire both in taxes and in fines. These losses, from both the forced closure of businesses and from the loss of skilled labor positions will have an immediate and noticeable effect on local and planetary economies resulting in potentially greater fiscal strain. You may try to say I am over blowing this but when you consider the average salaries of doctors, nurses and the others who commit to the running of facilities, suddenly loosing that inflow of tax credits would deal a blow to local economies and one that should not be supported.

That does not even take into account prominent, accepted economic theory of the effect of abortions on crime rates, namely that the more available abortions are the less crime there will be. This is due to the fact that instead of forcing women to carry the fetus to term and then abandon a child into the care of the state, another economic problem and loss of revenue for governments, who then has to grow up without the direct attention of a single parent which tends to have a significant effect on the psyche of a child. As morbid as this is, we can not turn away from the facts that this theory puts forward, no matter how much you wish to Senator. The state can't replace a parent, senator, while on a emotional standpoint it is better to give the child a life but we live in a world where we can't govern solely through emotion but also through reason. While we should strive to improve the galaxy to be better this measure does not do that, instead it proposes allowing ourselves to step onto a slippery slope in the restriction of freedoms because a few find the behavior objectionable.

Secondly, as much rhetoric as you wish to put onto this, as much as you wish to paint this as an evil that the galaxy should not tolerate the simple fact of the matter is that this is a medical procedure. Quite simply abortion is a procedure agreed upon by patient and physician to be taken only in the best interests of the patient and as such is a medical procedure as it fits the most standard definition of such.

Also, what transpires between a patient and a doctor should be kept confidential and not brought out. A doctor and patient share a deep sense of trust as is necessary in the profession. Patients trust their doctors to not reveal medical conditions to others and to give them the best care possible, while doctors must trust their patients to be honest with their medical history, with their symptoms, they must trust the patients to be honest with them so that they can provide the best care possible. It is into this trust that you wish to jam a wedge in that doctors can't suggest the treatment which may be most suitable for the patient.

Senator Star. You are evading the point again. What need of Abortion is there when the artificial womb allows the child to gestate outside of the mother? An artificial womb allows a child to grow and then go on to be adopted elsewhere. Surely you are not suggesting that it is a womans right to abort a perfectly healthy baby when it could be grown in an artificial uterus?

I don't think this bill will reduce anyones efficiency. It will result in there being more humans around, meaning more labour and more loyal subjects for his majesty. The federal government would not be directly implementing this bill, it would be left for local governments to implement in whatever manner they choose.

HOrrible. Just horrible. Yes abortions are necessary in this case and so is the death penalty for the alien. I think the language of the bill as it is would permit the abortion of a monstrosity in this case but I will include your amendment at once just to be clear. I've always been against interspecies fornication as you know and i'm glad Druckenwell agrees.. can I count on your vote senator?

Senator Fowlkes,

Senator what about the child's freedom? And the child's rights? As I said in the interspecies fornication debate: "Whose "right" is more important, Senator Fowlkes? Yours to have sex with some.. thing? Or a child's right to a normal life? To a chance of a normal life? If anything, you're standing against freedom here." And here your doing it again. YOu didnt answer what I said before either.. why not kill the person in front of you in line at the bureau of ships and services because that persons inconvenient to you? Do you have a "right" to do that? Anobis is right, there is no right to murder.

Tell me Telos do you disagree with any of the "whereas"'s in my bill? I want to know.

Senator Entrente,

Thank you for this senator, and for your vote.

Senator Vanden,

Alternatives to abortion will never be widely available as long as abortion is widely abvailable instead. Its not a solution, its part of the problem.