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Initiative «für menschenwürdige Fortpflanzung»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «zum Schutze des Menschen vor Manipulationen in der Fortpflanzungstechnologie (Initiative für menschenwürdige Fortpflanzung [FMF])»
Voting day 12.03.2000
Voting result Rejected (28.24% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 462
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Health > Reproductive medicine
Education and research > Research
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Ad-hoc-Komitee (Persönlichkeiten verschiedener Parteien, Organisationen "Helfen statt töten", "Rede mitenand", "Ja zum Leben")
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 120,920
Time used to collect signatures 420 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 96.058
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 905 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (18 Yes, 132 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (0 Yes, 42 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
SD
No
CSP
CVP
EVP
FDP
FPS
LPS
PdA
SPS
SVP
Free vote
GPS
Lega
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 3.1% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
eco
Parti Socialiste Autonome du Jura Sud
None
SBV
SGB
SGV
TravS
Deviating party sections
Yes
EVP BE
EVP BL
EVP SG
EVP TG
GPS BL
SVP VS
No
GPS SH
GPS ZH
Free vote
EVP SH
JSVP AG
SD BL
SPS AR
SVP LU
None
GPS JU
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link eMuseum.ch
Link eMuseum.ch
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (28.24% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.0 Yes, 23.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 42.20%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote polls
Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report on the VOX poll PDF (in German)