| Resolution Number: | 1991-A097 |
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| Title: | Urge Members to Consider Donating Organs |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 70th General Convention recommend and urge all members of this Church to consider seriously the opportunity to donate organs after death that others may live, and that such decision be clearly stated to family, friends, church and attorney.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 251. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Health |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A097)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 70th General Convention recommend and urge all members of this Church to consider seriously the opportunity to donate organs after death that others may live, and that such decision be clearly stated to family, friends, church and attorney.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #53)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #31 on House of Deputies Message #53 on Resolution A097 (Organ Donors) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #198)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 17.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Health, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 178-191. |
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| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention urges Episcopalians to consider donating organs. |
| Notes: | The Blue Book, p. 190. |