Species Equality Act

The Species Equality Act of Year 104 is a legislative action imposed by the Institute for Peace and Prosperity upon various agreeing parties in the Blobverse. Currently, all recognised factions in the Blobverse's 30 Zones abide by the terms of the act.

Ending Species Discrimination
The act includes clauses that define the rights of living species, with the main goal of ending species discrimination. Before the act was passed, species slavery was common in many star systems throughout the Blobverse. Members of the Kit Species were often hunted or enslaved, and members of the Caster species often enslaved other species and subspecies for life.

Ending slavery and discrimination were merely parts of the act, for the legislation and action had actually been too late in preventing a series of genocides carried out across Zones 2-30. During the Great Expeditions, numerous species were hunted to extinction in various genocides and conquests, and during the Dynastic Wars, various subspecies were ruthlessly slaughtered in various genocides.

Reforms like the elevation of Subcasts to Caster status, freedom from slavery or ownership, and even prohibition of meat consumption are some of the many results of the act.

Year 155 Ammendment
The act was ammended in Year 155, further broadening the classification of species protected under the act. Adding to the already controversial act, Zombis were included under this protection, as well as many sentient and non sentient plants. The Year 155 ammendment also contained the controversial Species Protection Act, which enabled recognised governments to employ the use of force to protect species classified as protect species under the act (all sentient species).

Many planets and governments have not fully ratified the contents of the Year 155 Ammendment. Ratification or lack thereoff did not have consequences besides political image at the time of the legislation's passage.