PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 23
PRINTER'S NO. 941
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
27
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, JAMES, READSHAW, GAINEY, MURT, PICKETT,
PHILLIPS-HILL, MILLARD, GODSHALL, CALTAGIRONE, WARD,
SCHLOSSBERG, TOEPEL, KAUFFMAN, HEFFLEY, KORTZ, ROZZI,
FABRIZIO, GILLEN, KEEFER AND SAYLOR, JANUARY 23, 2017
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, MARCH 13, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Encouraging the medical community of this Commonwealth to help
raise awareness of unethical organ transplant practices in
China.
WHEREAS, Falun Gong is a spiritual practice with key values
of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance for achieving
physical and spiritual well-being through exercise and
meditation; and
WHEREAS, Since July 1999, Falun Gong practitioners have been
persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party, as documented by the
United States Department of State, the United States Commission
on International Religious Freedom, Amnesty International, Human
Rights Watch and many other governmental and third-party
organizations; and
WHEREAS, Persecution of Falun Gong practitioners involves the
widespread use of torture, forced labor work, brainwashing and
other abuses in extralegal reeducation-through-labor camps,
detention centers and prisons; and
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