| Resolution Number: | 1997-D065 | |
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| Title: | Express Grave Concern Over Misuse of Partial Birth Abortion | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That this 72nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church express grave concern about the use in the third trimester of pregnancy of the procedure known as intact dilation and extraction (commonly called "partial birth abortion") except in extreme situations; and be it further
Resolved, That the 72nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church continue to encourage its Dioceses and Congregations to give necessary aid and support to all pregnant women.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 270. |
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