| Resolution Number: | 1991-C037 |
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| Title: | Oppose Legislation Requiring Parental Consent for Termination of Pregnancy |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That, in the matter of requiring parental notification or consent when minor women seek safe means of acting on their decisions to seek termination of pregnancy, this 70th General Convention go on record as opposing efforts to legislate requiring such notification or consent, unless such notification or consent laws allow non-judicial bypass, in the event of the inability to notify parents or where family dysfunction may put such minors at serious physical, psychological or emotional risk, whereby such minors can make an informed decision with the notification or consent of some other responsible adult with experience and/or expertise, such as a clergy person, teacher, guidance counselor, mental health professional or other family member.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 839. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(C037)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 70th General Convention express its unequivocal opposition to any legislative, executive or judicial action on the part of local, state or national governments which would abridge the rights of women to an informed decision about the termination of pregnancy, and which would limit the access of women to safe means of acting on their decisions; and be it further
Resolved, That this 70th General Convention express its unequivocal opposition to any legislative, executive or judicial action on the part of local, state, or national governments which would abridge the rights of minor women to an informed decision about the termination of pregnancy, and which would limit the access of minor women to safe means of acting on their decisions by requiring parental notification or consent.
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That, in the matter of requiring parental notification or consent when minor women seek safe means of action on their decisions to seek termination of pregnancy, this 70th General Convention go on record as opposing efforts to legislate requiring such notification or consent, unless such notification or consent laws allow for a non-judicial bypass, in the event of the inability to notify parents or where family dysfunction may put such minors at serious physical, psychological or emotional risk, whereby such minors can make an informed decision with the notification or consent of some other responsible adult with experience and/or professional expertise, such as a clergy person, teacher, guidance counsellor, mental health professional or other family member.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #325)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #89 on House of Bishops Message #325 relating to Resolution C037s (Right to Informed Decision on Abortion by Women) and moved concurrence.
The question was called on C037s.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on C037s.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #388)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention states its opposition to legislative efforts to require parental notification or consent when minor women seek a safe means of abortion. |
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