Bill Text: OH HCR32 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To recognize the contributions of pregnancy resource
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 27-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-19 - To Health & Aging [HCR32 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HCR32-Introduced.html
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Representatives Hayes, Henne
Cosponsors:
Representatives Derickson, Thompson, Roegner, Gardner, Hagan, C., Huffman, Brenner, Uecker, Beck, Terhar, Blessing, Stebelton, Goodwin, Adams, J., Hill, Stautberg, Wachtmann, McClain, Sprague, Bubp, Slaby, Hottinger, Pelanda, Boose, Conditt
| To recognize the contributions of pregnancy resource | 1 |
| centers. | 2 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The life-affirming impact of pregnancy resource | 3 |
| centers on the women, men, children, and communities they serve is | 4 |
| considerable and growing; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Pregnancy resource centers serve women in Ohio and | 6 |
| across the United States with integrity and compassion; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, More than two thousand five hundred pregnancy | 8 |
| resource centers across the United States provide comprehensive | 9 |
| care to individuals facing unplanned pregnancies, including | 10 |
| resources to meet their physical, psychological, emotional, and | 11 |
| spiritual needs; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Pregnancy resource centers offer women free, | 13 |
| confidential, and compassionate services, including pregnancy | 14 |
| tests, peer counseling, twenty-four-hour telephone hotlines, | 15 |
| childbirth and parenting classes, and referrals to community, | 16 |
| health care, and support services; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Many pregnancy resource centers offer ultrasound and | 18 |
| other medical services; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Many pregnancy resource centers provide information | 20 |
| on adoption and adoption referrals to pregnant mothers; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Pregnancy resource centers encourage women to make | 22 |
| positive life choices by equipping them with complete and accurate | 23 |
| information regarding their pregnancy options and the development | 24 |
| of their unborn children; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, Pregnancy resource centers provide women with | 26 |
| compassionate and confidential peer counseling in a nonjudgmental | 27 |
| manner regardless of their pregnancy outcomes; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, Pregnancy resource centers provide important support | 29 |
| and resources for women who choose childbirth over abortion; and | 30 |
| WHEREAS, Pregnancy resource centers ensure that women are | 31 |
| receiving prenatal information and services that lead to the birth | 32 |
| of healthy infants; and | 33 |
| WHEREAS, Many pregnancy resource centers provide grief | 34 |
| assistance for women and men who regret the loss of their children | 35 |
| from past choices they have made; and | 36 |
| WHEREAS, Many pregnancy resource centers work to prevent | 37 |
| unplanned pregnancies by teaching effective abstinence education | 38 |
| in public schools; and | 39 |
| WHEREAS, The federal government and state governments are | 40 |
| increasingly recognizing the valuable services of pregnancy | 41 |
| resource centers through the designation of public funds for such | 42 |
| organizations; and | 43 |
| WHEREAS, Pregnancy resource centers operate primarily through | 44 |
| reliance on the voluntary donations and time of caring individuals | 45 |
| who are committed to meeting the needs of women and promoting and | 46 |
| protecting life; and | 47 |
| WHEREAS, Pregnancy resource centers provide full disclosure, | 48 |
| in both their advertisements and direct contact with women, of the | 49 |
| types of services they provide; now therefore be it | 50 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly | 51 |
| of the State of Ohio, strongly support pregnancy resource centers | 52 |
| in their unique, positive contributions to the individual lives of | 53 |
| women and men and of babies -- both born and unborn; and be it | 54 |
| further | 55 |
| RESOLVED, That we commend the compassionate work of tens of | 56 |
| thousands of volunteers and paid staff at pregnancy resource | 57 |
| centers in Ohio and across the United States; and be it further | 58 |
| RESOLVED, That we encourage the Congress of the United States | 59 |
| and other federal and state government agencies to grant pregnancy | 60 |
| resource centers assistance for medical equipment and abstinence | 61 |
| education in a manner that does not compromise the mission or | 62 |
| religious integrity of these organizations; and be it further | 63 |
| RESOLVED, That we disapprove of the actions of any national, | 64 |
| state, or local groups attempting to prevent pregnancy resource | 65 |
| centers from effectively serving individuals facing unplanned | 66 |
| pregnancies; and be it further | 67 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 68 |
| transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 69 |
| President of the United States, the President Pro Tempore of the | 70 |
| United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of | 71 |
| Representatives, all other members of Ohio's Congressional | 72 |
| delegation, the Governor of the State of Ohio, and to each | 73 |
| pregnancy resource center in Ohio. | 74 |
