PRINTER'S NO. 2376
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
477
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BAKER, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE,
CHARLTON, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH, FREEMAN, HENNESSEY,
LONGIETTI, McNEILL, MILLARD, NEILSON, QUIGLEY, ROZZI, RYAN,
SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SONNEY, STURLA, THOMAS, TOOHIL,
VAZQUEZ AND HELM, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of September 2017 as "Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania in an
effort to urge pregnant women not to drink alcohol and to
remind women who are considering becoming pregnant to abstain
from drinking any type or amount of alcohol.
WHEREAS, Healthy children are one of this Commonwealth's
greatest assets; and
WHEREAS, There is no safe amount of alcohol that a pregnant
woman can drink and there is no time during pregnancy when it is
safe to consume alcohol; and
WHEREAS, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a group of
mental, physical and neurological birth defects, on a continuum
from mild to severe, that are the direct result of alcohol use
during pregnancy; and
WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, as many as three to five per one hundred babies may
be impacted by prenatal exposure to alcohol; and
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WHEREAS, More than 50% of women of childbearing age drink
alcohol and 10% of pregnant women drink alcohol; and
WHEREAS, Research is identifying effective interventions that
lessen the effects of brain damage, especially when FASD is
identified and treated early in childhood; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
month of September 2017 as "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania in an effort to urge pregnant
women not to drink alcohol and to remind women who are
considering becoming pregnant to abstain from drinking any type
or amount of alcohol; and be it further
RESOLVED, That it is the goal of the General Assembly to
raise awareness among its residents, particularly women of
childbearing age, regarding FASD prevention, diagnosis and
intervention.
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