Full Text of HR1177 95th General Assembly
HR1177 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Sexual assault is an ongoing problem that is being | 3 |
| fought against vigorously by local, State, national, and | 4 |
| international groups; and
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| WHEREAS, Sexual violence refers to unwanted or coercive | 6 |
| sexual behavior from sexual bullying to rape; the terms rape, | 7 |
| sexual assault, and sexual abuse are often used interchangeably | 8 |
| and refer to coercive, forced sexual contact; women and men of | 9 |
| all ages, as well as children, can be victimized by sexual | 10 |
| assault; the physical and psychological effects caused by such | 11 |
| violence might take years to recover from; and
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| WHEREAS, On the national level, sexual violence is a | 13 |
| prolific and frightening occurrence; nationally, almost 18%, | 14 |
| or 17.7 million women, in the United States have been victims | 15 |
| of rape or attempted rape sometime in their lives; one in every | 16 |
| three girls and one in six boys are sexually abused before the | 17 |
| age of 18; 1.3 women age 18 and over in the United States are | 18 |
| forcibly raped each minute, equal to 78 per hour, 1,871 per | 19 |
| day, or 683,000 per year; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois must contend with the same | 21 |
| problem within its borders; one out of every seven adult women, | 22 |
| or more than 670,000 adult women in Illinois, has been the |
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| victim of forcible rape sometime in her lifetime; and
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| WHEREAS, One of the most frightening statistics regarding | 3 |
| sexual violence is that 59 percent of sexual assaults | 4 |
| nationwide are not reported to law enforcement; and
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| WHEREAS, Increased awareness regarding the widespread | 6 |
| instances of sexual violence and the ways to prevent future | 7 |
| occurrences is an essential factor in the fight against sexual | 8 |
| violence in our society; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| designate the month of April 2008 as Sexual Assault Awareness | 12 |
| Month in the State of Illinois in recognition of this ongoing | 13 |
| threat to our society.
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