Full Text of SR0318 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Anencephaly is a birth defect that results in a | 3 | | child being born without a fully formed skull, scalp, or brain; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Anencephaly is caused by an improperly developed | 6 | | neural tube - the part of an embryo that develops
into a | 7 | | child's nervous system; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In children with anencephaly, the neural tube | 9 | | fails to close during the third and fourth week of
pregnancy | 10 | | and stops the development of the fore brain, cerebrum, skull, | 11 | | and scalp; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Some children with anencephaly may be born with a | 13 | | rudimentary brain stem that allows basic automatic
responses; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Babies born with anencephaly are usually blind, | 16 | | deaf, unconscious, and unable to feel pain; their existing
| 17 | | nervous system allows them to breathe and respond to sound or | 18 | | touch but cannot gain consciousness; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Almost all babies born with anencephaly will die | 20 | | shortly after birth; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 2 | | estimate that each year, about one in every 4,859 children in | 3 | | the United
States will be born with anencephaly; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Anencephaly is part of the neural tube defect | 5 | | classification of disorders along with spina bifida; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, There is currently no cure for anencephaly and its | 7 | | exact causes and risk factors are still unknown; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Some research suggests that increased ingestion | 9 | | of folic acid early during pregnancy may reduce the risk
of | 10 | | anencephaly; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the | 13 | | importance of improving awareness and encouraging accurate and
| 14 | | early diagnosis of anencephaly; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That we designate October 10, 2015 as Anencephaly | 16 | | Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That we support a State, national, and global | 18 | | commitment to improving
access to and developing new | 19 | | treatments, diagnostics, and cures for anencephaly.
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