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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, According to a 1996 study by the Centers of |
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| Disease Control, 16% of over 6,000,000 pregnancies ended in |
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| either a miscarriage or stillbirth, which is almost 1,000,000 |
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| perinatal losses; and
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| WHEREAS, Of those over six million pregnancies, 62%, or |
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| 3,720,000, ended in live births, and 26,784 of those births |
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| ended in deaths of infants 11 months and younger; and
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| WHEREAS, The availability of information and support is of |
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| the utmost importance to the families who suffer from pregnancy |
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| and infant loss to better help them cope; and
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| WHEREAS, A public that is informed and educated about |
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| pregnancy and infant loss can better learn how to respond with |
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| compassion to affected families; and
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| WHEREAS, Professionals who come in contact with families |
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| who have suffered pregnancy or infant loss, such as physicians, |
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| clergy, emergency medical technicians, funeral directors, |
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| police officers, public health nurses, and employers, can |
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| better serve families if they have special training and better |
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| knowledge of pregnancy and infant loss; and
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| WHEREAS, If a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is |
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| created to recognize the grief of the families and to remember |
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| all of the pregnancies and infants lost, it will help to heal |
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| and comfort the families in a time of pain and heartache and |
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| give the families hope for the future; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| CONCURRING HEREIN, that October 15, 2005, be named as Pregnancy |
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| and Infant Loss Remembrance Day to recognize the grief of the |