PRINTER'S NO. 9
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
27
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MACKENZIE, BIZZARRO, BROWN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE,
CONKLIN, DiGIROLAMO, FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS, IRVIN, JOZWIAK,
KIRKLAND, KORTZ, MARKOSEK, MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON,
OBERLANDER, PASHINSKI, READSHAW, RYAN, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY
AND THOMAS, JANUARY 11, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 11, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating January 23, 2019, as "Maternal Health Awareness Day"
in Pennsylvania to recognize all the women who die from
complications of pregnancy or childbirth.
WHEREAS, Women who die during pregnancy, or within one year
after giving birth, from any cause related to or aggravated by
the pregnancy are considered to have died a pregnancy-related
death; and
WHEREAS, The number of pregnancy-related deaths in the United
States has continued to rise, despite recent advances in medical
science and technology; and
WHEREAS, In 1986, the Federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention implemented a Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System
to obtain information about the frequency and causes of
pregnancy-related death in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Despite declines in the maternal mortality rate in
other parts of the world, the data collected under the Pregnancy
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