Bill Text: GA SR1086 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: March of Dimes Day; recognize March 5, 2012
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-05 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1086 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1086-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1086
By:
Senator Unterman of the 45th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
the March of Dimes and recognizing March 5, 2012, as March of Dimes Day at the
capitol; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the March of Dimes is leading a state and national effort to prevent preterm
births by funding research to find the causes, supporting local programs that
offer hope and help to families with an infant in intensive care, and advocating
for public policies that will help improve birth outcomes; and
WHEREAS,
the March of Dimes was founded in 1938 and supported the development of a
vaccine that has virtually eliminated the crippling disease of polio in the
United States; and
WHEREAS,
preterm birth, the current major focus of the March of Dimes, is the greatest
contributing factor to newborns dying within their first month of life;
and
WHEREAS,
over half a million babies are born preterm every year in the United States, and
over 19,500 preterm births occurred in Georgia in 2008, a figure which
represents one in every eight babies born in this state and a 2 percent increase
in preterm births since 1998; and
WHEREAS,
these dire statistics were a major reason for Georgia's receiving a grade of "D"
in a 2011 report by the March of Dimes on premature birth rates among the states
in the nation; and
WHEREAS,
volunteers and staff of the March of Dimes will be at the capitol on March 5,
2012, to raise awareness among legislators about the serious consequences of
preterm birth and to advocate for policies to address this significant public
health challenge; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the contributions of the March of Dimes
be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
the efforts of the March of Dimes and its selfless volunteers for their past,
present, and future work on behalf of mothers and babies in this state,
throughout the nation, and around the world, and recognize March 5, 2012, as
March of Dimes Day at the capitol.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the March of Dimes Georgia
Chapter.
