Full Text of HR0744 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Women comprise more than half of the population of | 3 | | the United States of America and are solely responsible for | 4 | | childbearing; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Women who plan their pregnancies are more likely | 6 | | to seek prenatal care, improving their own health and the | 7 | | health of their children; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The United States of America ranks 30th in the | 9 | | world in its rate of maternal mortality and has one of the | 10 | | highest rates of maternal mortality among all developed | 11 | | nations; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Family planning services improve health care | 13 | | outcomes and wellness for women and families, access to family | 14 | | planning is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant | 15 | | mortality rates, and women who do not receive prenatal care are | 16 | | three to four times more likely to die after a live birth than | 17 | | are women who have received even minimal prenatal care; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Contraception enables women to better prevent | 19 | | unintended pregnancies and plan for pregnancy when they do want | 20 | | to have a child, and publicly funded contraceptive services and | 21 | | supplies prevent nearly two million unintended pregnancies |
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| 1 | | each year in the United States; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Nearly half of all unintended pregnancies end in | 3 | | abortion and abortion rates in the United States of America | 4 | | increase during times when contraception is less accessible to | 5 | | low income women; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The United States of America has one of the | 7 | | highest rates of unintended pregnancy among the world's | 8 | | developed nations, half of all the pregnancies in the United | 9 | | States are unintended, and half of unintended pregnancies occur | 10 | | in women who are not using contraceptives; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, In addition to the primary purpose of allowing | 12 | | women to plan and prepare for pregnancy, other health benefits | 13 | | of contraception include reduced risk of endometrial and | 14 | | ovarian cancers, ectopic pregnancy, iron deficiency anemia | 15 | | related to heavy menstruation, osteoporosis, ovarian cysts, | 16 | | and pelvic inflammatory disease; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Racial and ethnic health disparities are | 18 | | particularly pronounced in reproductive health, including | 19 | | disparities in rates of contraception usage, unintended | 20 | | pregnancies, maternal mortality, and sexually transmitted | 21 | | infections, and these disparities reveal significant barriers | 22 | | to access to sexual health care (including contraception), |
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| 1 | | medical care, and medically accurate sexuality education; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, A majority of American voters believe that matters | 3 | | related to women's reproductive rights, including | 4 | | contraception and abortion, are personal issues that should be | 5 | | decided by women with their families, health care providers, | 6 | | and clergy members; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | the week of January 22-28, 2012 be recognized as Reproductive | 10 | | Rights Awareness Week in the State of Illinois, to encourage | 11 | | public awareness, conversation, and support for reproductive | 12 | | rights and justice nationwide.
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