Report on the Task Force on Human Life
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- Date
- 1975 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 34
- Mover
- Miss Betty C. Graham
- Seconder
- Most Rev. E.W. Scott
- Prologue
- Miss Betty C. Graham presented the Report on the Task Force on Human Life in place of the Chairman, The Rev. Paul Chidwick.
- Miss Graham brought special attention to the conclusion of the Report referring to AID.
- "The Task Force would like the report to provide insights and guidance to help the persons involved in making responsible choices about these new techniques - the men and women facing the dilemmas of unwished for sterility, the doctors wishing to adopt a responsible approach to newly available medical techniques, the lawyers whose counsel may be sought, the legislators who ultimately will have to deal with the complex problems the techniques raise. As in its report on abortion, the Task Force wishes to promote serious discussion and to aid the church and the community to make responsible decisions in this expanding area of medical science."
- Text of motion
- "That this Synod request the Primate to reappoint a Task Force on Human Life to:
- a) conclude its study of the issues related to AID (Artificial Insemination, Donor) and after approval by the National Executive Council circulate its report for information and discussion before the end of June, 1976;
- b) prepare a report on the issues related to death and dying including the extension of life by mechanical and other means; and after the approval by the National Executive Council, circulate its report for information and discussion by the end of 1976.
- and that in accordance with the limitation of size imposed on all our committees, such a Task Force be centred in a specific area and be limited to 12 people (as is the A & F Committee) augmented as necessary by corresponding members."
- Moved by: Chancellor J.E. Hudson
- Seconded by: Mr. David Leaker
- That after Section (b) there be added:
- - "c) to continue to study the question of abortion. DEFEATED IN THE ORDERS OF CLERGY AND LAITY
- The original motion was then put and CARRIED Act 34
- Notes
- The Prolocutor thanked Miss Graham and the Rev. P. Chidwick for their report.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Task Force on Human Life
- Bioethics - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Artificial insemination, Human - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Reproductive technology - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Death - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Euthanasia - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Medical ethics - Canada