| Resolution Number: | 1997-C013 |
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| Title: | Request Study of Theological Implications of End of Life Issues |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted and Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 72nd General Convention request the appropriate Interim Body, as determined by the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies, appoint members to a working group representing a wide range of expertise and approaches to medicine, ethics and theology; to study the theological and ethical implication of end of life issues including, adequate palliative care, euthanasia, and assisted suicide; taking into consideration pertinent studies in the Christian moral perspective such as the Washington Report; previous resolutions of the General Convention; and recent Supreme Court decisions, and report to the 73rd General Convention.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 184. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Diocese of Washington |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(C013)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 72nd General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Health to accept for study and discussion the report of the Committee on Medical Ethics of the Diocese of Washington, Christian Moral Perspectives on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia ("The Washington Report").
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 72nd General Convention request the appropriate Interim Body, as determined by the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies, appoint members to a working group representing a wide range of expertise and approaches to medicine, ethics and theology; to study the theological and ethical implication of end of life issues including, adequate palliative care, euthanasia, and assisted suicide; taking into consideration pertinent studies in the Christian moral perspective such as the Washington Report; previous resolutions of the General Convention; and recent Supreme Court decisions and report to the 73rd General Convention.
Debate followed on Resolution C013.
The question was called to terminate debate.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on the substitute for Resolution C013.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #144)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #14 on HD Message #144 on Resolution C013s (Study Washington's Report on Assisted Suicide), moved the resolution, and recommended concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #179)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 22.
| Abstract: | The 72nd General Convention requests a study on the theological and ethical implications of end of life issues. |
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