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Region: Democratic Socialist Assembly
Repeal "Reproductive Freedoms" will soon be coming to a vote.
It argues that the existing legislation implicitly allows sex-selective abortion, and thus discriminates against gender.
The counter-argument against the repeal is as follows:
The Charter of Civil Rights (or CoCR, for short), reads in part (emphasis mine):
I've specifically highlighted the word "inhabitants" here, as that is very key in my counter-argument. The resolution I'm referencing does not say that all "people" or all "citizens" are entitled to not be discriminated against. It specifically reads all inhabitants. How can a collection of cells within a woman's uterus not be construed as "inhabiting" said uterus and thereby whatever nation the mother is currently residing in?
Further, I would argue that the best way to combat sex-selective abortions is to target the cultural backgrounds and paternalistic societies where such actions are more likely to take place. Believe it or not, this is also covered by the same resolution, CoCR.
c ) Member states shall actively work towards eliminating criminal incidents motivated by hatred or prejudice based on cultural or societal differences.
CoCR was passed ... February 6, 2009, and I would hope that in the past 5 years, individual WA nations have made such advancements in correcting these cultural and societal prejudices that sex selective abortions have become a non-issue within WA member nations.
As a result of the above information, I would strongly urge you (and your WA Delegate!) to vote AGAINST the upcoming repeal. A woman deserves the right to make decisions over her own body, and a poorly written repeal (like this one) based on scare tactics rather than actual facts and arguments should be soundly defeated by the WA.
And the existing resolution, for reference: page=WA_past_resolutions/start=418
Repeal "Commend The NationStates Community"is also coming to a vote.
The argument is that the region has essentially done one thing and nothing more: participate in an April Fools' event.
What say you DSA?