PRINTER'S NO. 4300
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
981
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MACKENZIE, BURNS, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DALEY,
DONATUCCI, HEFFLEY, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, INNAMORATO, KINSEY,
MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON, READSHAW, ROZZI, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY
AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 28, 2020
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
AUGUST 28, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of October 4 through 10, 2020, as "National
Midwifery Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Midwives support the health of newborns and mothers
in all stages of life through checkups, screenings, vaccinations
and pregnancy, birth and postpartum care; and
WHEREAS, The World Health Organization has designated 2020 as
the "International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife" in honor
of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth; and
WHEREAS, There are 471 licensed practicing midwives in this
Commonwealth who attended 17,670 births in 2018; and
WHEREAS, The American College of Nurse-Midwives, the official
organization for the nearly 12,000 certified nurse-midwives and
certified midwives nationwide, is sponsoring "National Midwifery
Week" observances; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
week of October 4 through 10, 2020, as "National Midwifery Week"
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