Bill Text: OH HCR16 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: As Introduced 128th General AssemblyRegular Session2009-2010H. C. R. No. 16 Representative Miller

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-23 - To State Government [HCR16 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HCR16-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. C. R. No. 16

Representative Miller 

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To request the President of the United States to

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create a National Commission on Fatherhood.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, Eighty per cent of American children born during the	3
post-World War II baby boom could expect to grow up with	4
biological parents who were married to one another; and	5

WHEREAS, Today, only fifty per cent of American children will	6
spend their childhoods in intact families; and	7

WHEREAS, Thirty-four per cent of children live without their	8
biological fathers; and	9

WHEREAS, Twenty-seven per cent of children live in single	10
parent households; and	11

WHEREAS, Forty per cent of children living without their	12
biological fathers have not seen their fathers during the past	13
year; and	14

WHEREAS, Fifty per cent of children living without their	15
biological fathers have not visited their fathers' homes; and	16

WHEREAS, In 2006, approximately twenty-six per cent of	17
households in Ohio were headed by single parents with minor	18
children; and	19

WHEREAS, In 2006, approximately forty per cent of newborns	20
born in Ohio were born to unmarried parents; and	21

WHEREAS, Divorce, and nonmarital childbearing, are	22
commonplace in the United States and dramatically alter children's	23
lives; and	24

WHEREAS, Children living without their biological fathers are	25
two to three times more likely than their peers living with	26
married, biological, or adoptive parents to live in low-income	27
homes; use drugs; experience health, educational, emotional, and	28
behavioral problems; be victims of child abuse; and engage in	29
criminal behavior; and	30

WHEREAS, The Ohio Commission on Fatherhood and numerous	31
additional groups have been established to address fatherhood; and	32

WHEREAS, The issues discussed herein are so pervasive in the	33
United States that the issue of fatherhood should be addressed by	34
the federal government; now therefore be it	35

RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the State of Ohio	36
respectfully requests the President of the United States to create	37
a National Commission on Fatherhood; and be it further	38

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives	39
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the	40
President of the United States, the Governor of the State of Ohio,	41
the members of the Ohio Commission on Fatherhood, and the news	42
media of Ohio.	43