Full Text of HR1447 95th General Assembly
HR1447 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, According to a 1996 study by the Centers of | 3 |
| Disease Control, 16% of over 6,000,000 pregnancies ended in | 4 |
| either a miscarriage or stillbirth, which is almost 1,000,000 | 5 |
| perinatal losses; and
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| WHEREAS, Of those over six million pregnancies, 62%, or | 7 |
| 3,720,000, ended in live births, and 26,784 of those births | 8 |
| ended in deaths of infants 11 months and younger; and
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| WHEREAS, The availability of information and support is of | 10 |
| the utmost importance to the families who suffer from pregnancy | 11 |
| and infant loss to better help them cope; and
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| WHEREAS, A public that is informed and educated about | 13 |
| pregnancy and infant loss can better learn how to respond with | 14 |
| compassion to affected families; and
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| WHEREAS, Professionals who come in contact with families | 16 |
| who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss, such as physicians, | 17 |
| clergy, emergency medical technicians, funeral directors, | 18 |
| police officers, public health nurses, and employers, can | 19 |
| better serve families if they have special training and better | 20 |
| knowledge of pregnancy and infant loss; and
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| WHEREAS, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day has been | 2 |
| established to recognize the grief of families and to remember | 3 |
| all of the pregnancies and infants lost; celebrated on October | 4 |
| 15 of each year, this day has helped to heal and comfort | 5 |
| families in a time of pain and heartache and to give families | 6 |
| hope for the future; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| recognize October 15, 2008 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss | 10 |
| Remembrance Day in order to remember all of the pregnancies and | 11 |
| infants lost, to help to heal and comfort families in a time of | 12 |
| pain and heartache, and to give families hope for the future; | 13 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the Springfield Share Chapter as an expression of | 16 |
| remembrance and hope.
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