PRINTER'S NO. 2146
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
407
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON-HARRELL, KINSEY, McCLINTON, DAWKINS,
CEPHAS, WHEATLEY, HARRIS, CALTAGIRONE, FRANKEL, SCHLOSSBERG,
KORTZ, BIZZARRO, DONATUCCI, KIRKLAND, McNEILL, WILLIAMS,
LONGIETTI, BURNS, YOUNGBLOOD, MILLARD, HILL-EVANS, MURT,
JONES, DiGIROLAMO, DAVIDSON, KOSIEROWSKI, MALAGARI, MARKOSEK,
DeLUCA, FREEMAN, ROEBUCK, DRISCOLL, MULLINS, MADDEN, BURGOS,
HENNESSEY, T. DAVIS, SAYLOR, BARRAR, TOEPEL AND READSHAW,
JUNE 17, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 17, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating June 19, 2019, as "World Sickle Cell Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Each year in the United States, approximately 2,000
infants are born with sickle cell disease; and
WHEREAS, Sickle cell disease is a group of disorders that
affects hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that
delivers oxygen to cells throughout the body; and
WHEREAS, Red blood cells which are normally round and soft
become sickle-shaped, making it difficult for these cells to
pass through small blood vessels; and
WHEREAS, Sickle cell disease occurs when a child inherits two
sickle hemoglobin genes, one from each parent; and
WHEREAS, The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda,
Maryland, developed a stem cell transplantation procedure that
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