Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
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- Date
- 1998 May 21-29
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 49
- Mover
- Mrs. P. Creighton
- Seconder
- Bishop M. Bedford-Jones
- Prologue
- Moved by: Bishop V. Matthews
- Seconded by: Mrs. E. Hutchinson
- That this General Synod commend the statement on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and its supporting documentation for use as a study paper throughout the Anglican Church of Canada; and request the Faith, Worship and Ministry Committee to gather responses and report to the Council of General Synod in March, 1999.
- Text of motion
- Amendment
- That the resolution commence with the wording:
- That, subject to further editing, this General Synod....CARRIED
- The amended resolution was then put and - CARRIED Act 49
- Notes
- [The resolution now reads: That, subject to further editing, this General Synod, commend the statement on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and its supporting documentation for use as a study paper throughout the Anglican Church of Canada; and request the Faith, Worship and Ministry Committee to gather responses and report to the Council of General Synod in March, 1999.]
- Subjects
- Euthanasia - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Assisted suicide - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Bioethics - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with the terminally ill - Anglican Church of Canada
- Palliative care - Canada
- Right to die - Canada
- Hospices (Terminal care) - Canada