Wisconsin SJR 72: Relating to: expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned, forced organ harvesting from nonconsenting prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their spiritual beliefs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups in the People's Republic of China.

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Wisconsin Legislature: SJR72: Joint Resolution Text 

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

2019 Senate JOINT RESOLUTION 72

November 1, 2019 - Introduced by Senators Jacque, 
Larson, Nass, Stroebel and 
L. Taylor, cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Anderson, Ballweg, 
Bowen, Gundrum, Horlacher, Kulp, Murphy, Pope, C. Taylor, Vruwink and 
Wichgers. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

SJR72,1,5
1Relating to: expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, 
2state-sanctioned, forced organ harvesting from nonconsenting prisoners of 
3conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their spiritual 
4beliefs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups in the 
5People's Republic of China.

SJR72,1,86
Whereas, when performed in accordance with ethical standards, the medical 
7discipline of organ transplantation is one of the great achievements of modern 
8medicine; and

SJR72,1,119
Whereas, organ transplantation depends on altruistic organ donation, which 
10is based on free, voluntary, and informed consent of the donor, not his or her killer; 
11and

SJR72,1,1312
Whereas, free, voluntary, and informed consent cannot be guaranteed for death 
13row prisoners who are deprived of their freedom and exposed to coercion; and

SJR72,2,3
1Whereas, forced organ harvesting is understood as organ procurement without 
2free, voluntary, and informed consent, and includes jeopardizing the survival of the 
3nonconsenting organ donor; and

SJR72,2,74
Whereas, the People's Republic of China implemented a regulation in 1984 that 
5permits organ harvesting from executed prisoners, a practice that is banned by the 
6World Medical Association and international ethical standards but continues 
7unabated to date in China; and

SJR72,2,118
Whereas, the organ transplantation system in China does not comply with the 
9World Health Organization's Guiding Principles of traceability and transparency in 
10organ procurement pathways, and the government of the People's Republic of China 
11has resisted independent scrutiny of the system; and

SJR72,2,1512
Whereas, the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 by the U.S. 
13Department of State reporting on China stated, “Overseas and domestic media and 
14advocacy groups continued to report instances of organ harvesting, particularly from 
15Falun Gong practitioners and Uighurs"; and

SJR72,2,1916
Whereas, Falun Gong, a spiritual practice involving meditative “qigong" 
17exercises and centered on the values of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance, 
18became immensely popular in China in the 1990s, with multiple estimates placing 
19the number of practitioners at upwards of 70 million; and

SJR72,2,2520
Whereas, in July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party launched an intensive, 
21nationwide persecution, including physical and mental torture, designed to 
22eradicate the spiritual practice of Falun Gong due to its growth and independence 
23from the state, just as religious and ethnic groups have long been persecuted by