Green Party of California Proposal (April 2004) Consent and Certification (6/25/06 version of the Proposal content as amended by the General Assembly, the Background section is the 3/14/07 version)

SPONSOR: PLATFORM WORKING GROUP

PRESENTER: Adrienne Prince adrienneprince@hotmail.com

CONTACT: Adrienne Prince and Elizabeth, info@green247.org

SUBJECT: Promoting a Peace Economy and Preventing Violence. Social justice and equal opportunity, feminism and gender equity, respect for diversity, and personal and global responsibility are the involved 10 Key Values of the GP.

BACKGROUND: In 2001, Brian Stafford (head of FEMA) announced that the Federal Emergency Mangagement Administration/Agency (FEMA) should become a lucrative business.(2) Since then, the Administration has managed many emergencies. "Multiple trauma management requires organization, teamwork, and rapid clinical intervention. … Finally, caring for trauma victims also includes knowledge of organ donation and survivor death counseling."(1) Organ theft and profiteering have become lucrative businesses in China. An adoption center in Texas charged $10,000 per child. Now, the University of California is under investigation for its part in alleged illegal sales of a million dollars worth of body parts.

The GPCA values social justice and equal opportunity, personal and global responsibility. Therefore, it is presumed that the GPCA supports respect for the last will and testament of that individual. The right to self-determination includes informed consent concerning what is being taken from or put into the body. The right to privacy

PURPOSE: Amendment of the GPCA Platform in the form of one or more talking points.

PROPOSAL: The GPCA immediately includes into the Human Rights/Civil Liberties plank of its Platform the following means supported by the GPCA:

1. Require consent and certification to ensure every individual that any
a. extraction,
b. insertion,
c. injection,
d. imaging,
e. abortion, and
f. adoption
is
a. not for profit,
b. not coerced and
c. not forced.

2. This (consent and certification) requires labeling information that includes the
a. source (physician, laboratory, etc.) and
b. how to contact the source for verification of informed consent.

3. Ensure the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship by allowing a doctor to keep all patient information private.

4. This (consent and certification) must cover every
a. drug,
b. toxin,
c. body tissue,
d. organ,
e. child,
f. baby,
g. fetus,
h. cell,
i. cell content including DNA,
j. clone, and
k. test tube baby.

5. Decisions (consent and certification) for minors, dependents, and deceased are to be made by their
a. guardians or
b. estates and
c. trustees.

6. Anonymous
c. body tissue,
d. organ,
e. child,
f. baby,
g. fetus,
h. cell,
i. cell content including DNA,
j. clone, and
k. test tube baby donations are to be handled by an internationally accountable trust. Require
c. body tissue,
d. organ,
e. child,
f. baby,
g. fetus,
h. cell,
i. cell content including DNA,
j. clone, and
k. test tube baby provider agencies to cover all costs for materials and services without profit or charge to any involved or potential parent, donor, or recipient.

COMMITTEE DECISION: The ideas were first presented to the Green Issues WG at the 2003 San Francisco plenary. An initial written form was posted on the Women's Caucus discussion board in April 2004. It was first posted on the Platform WG list-serve in May 2004, enabled for further consideration at the May 2004 Ventura Plenary, revised extensively thereafter, and was voted at the Sylmar Plenary of May 2005 to receive General Assembly assessment. It was included for General Assembly discussion at the Yolo Plenary of December 2005 but was not published in the Plenary program but had comments at and after the Platform Working Group Meeting at that Plenary. It was revised and invited back by the General Assembly at the Ventura Plenary of June 2006. On June 25, 2006, the GPCA determined that this content shall be proposed to the General Assembly for decision in the form of proposed amendment to an existing plank in the GPCA Platform. On June 25, 2006, the Platform Committee elected a new presenter by consensus.

TIMELINE: The text goes into the platform upon approval by the GA.

RESOURCES: The platform is enhanced with up-to-date talking points. Platform printing and Platform Committee expenses are included in the 2007-2008 budget.

REFERENCES: 1. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1993 Feb;11(1):29-51. Management of multiple trauma. Schmidt J, Moore GP. Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona. 2. His letter posted on the Internet.