SB 113-8: Preventing Degeneracy Act (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I think it is a dangerous path here to try and legislate abortion federally. If am not mistaken, late term abortion is/was banned regionally already, no?

Lots of things are gross, the question is whether we should be busting down the doors FBI meme style every time two consenting adults decide to do something weird or unusual. The government has not the resources or ability to effectively stamp out immoral behavior, and its track record of trying to do so does not lend one to confidence that the end result won't once again by a trail of dead bodies and even more blatant disregard for morality in the end (see Prohibition, War on Drugs).

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Abstain assuming we are still voting on the Weatherboy amendment.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Nay for both.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Frankly, my approach to this bill was similar to Enduro, and I had a conversation with Mr. R about some of my concerns about government overreach and my skepticism of the government being able to effectively enforce beyond the "worst of the worst" so to speak. Case in point, the War on Drugs, which I have referenced frequently.

Ultimately, you do have the weigh the balance and I can imagine that for Enduro and Deadprez, they are in a much worse position because if they took the "Laki Doctrine" they would likely be voting No on every last bill or close to it. I leave myself a little bit more flexibility and ultimately I came down on the side of prioritizing the protected in some portions of the bill over some concerns regarding gov't efficacy in other sections, if that makes sense.