| 1 | 1 | | 86R16690 GM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shaheen H.R. No. 748 |
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| 5 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, When performed in accordance with ethical |
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| 7 | 7 | | standards, the medical discipline of organ transplantation is one |
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| 8 | 8 | | of the great achievements of modern medicine; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Voluntary and informed consent is the precondition |
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| 10 | 10 | | for ethical organ donation; international medical organizations |
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| 11 | 11 | | state that prisoners, deprived of their freedom, are not in the |
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| 12 | 12 | | position to give free consent and that the practice of sourcing |
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| 13 | 13 | | organs from prisoners is a violation of ethical guidelines in |
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| 14 | 14 | | medicine; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, The Government of the People's Republic of China has |
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| 16 | 16 | | taken organs without the consent of prisoners, while also |
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| 17 | 17 | | preventing independent verification of its transplant system; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, The organ transplantation system in China does not |
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| 19 | 19 | | comply with the World Health Organization's requirement of |
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| 20 | 20 | | transparency and traceability in organ procurement pathways; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Today, China maintains the largest forced-labor |
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| 22 | 22 | | camp system in the world, enslaving millions of citizens; untold |
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| 23 | 23 | | numbers of innocent people are detained arbitrarily and sent to |
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| 24 | 24 | | these camps for "reeducation through labor" without being charged |
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| 25 | 25 | | or tried; once imprisoned, they often suffer torture, violence, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | the denial of medical care; in many cases, the death penalty is |
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| 27 | 27 | | imposed based on confessions obtained under torture, and Chinese |
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| 28 | 28 | | human rights activists report that inmates on death row are forced |
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| 29 | 29 | | to sign organ donation forms; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, It is imperative that every instance of organ |
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| 31 | 31 | | transplantation be authorized by a willing donor and that all |
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| 32 | 32 | | activities related to the medical procedure be trackable and open |
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| 33 | 33 | | to examination; now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature hereby condemn the practice of state-sanctioned forced |
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| 36 | 36 | | organ harvesting in the People's Republic of China and call on the |
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| 37 | 37 | | Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately end the |
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| 38 | 38 | | practice of organ harvesting from all prisoners. |
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