PRINTER'S NO. 94
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
9
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, BARTOLOTTA, FARNESE, FONTANA, BREWSTER,
DINNIMAN, STREET, MARTIN, PHILLIPS-HILL, SANTARSIERO, COSTA,
VOGEL, HUGHES, FOLMER, AUMENT, J. WARD, HUTCHINSON, COLLETT,
BAKER, BROWNE AND YUDICHAK, JANUARY 28, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 28, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of January 2019 as "Cervical Cancer
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, There is a nationwide effort to raise public
awareness of cervical cancer during the month of January; and
WHEREAS, More than 4,000 women die each year from cervical
cancer and more than 12,000 women are diagnosed with the
disease; and
WHEREAS, Cervical cancer develops very slowly, with half of
patients diagnosed between 35 and 44 years of age and 1 in 5
diagnosed after 65 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Screening tests and vaccines can essentially
eliminate the disease; and
WHEREAS, Periodic Pap tests are recommended to detect
precancerous and cancerous cervical cells in women 21 years of
age or older; and
WHEREAS, Regular cervical cancer screening can usually be
performed simply during a regular physical examination with a
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Pap test, one of the most reliable and effective cancer
screening tests available; and
WHEREAS, The majority of women diagnosed with cervical cancer
have not had regular Pap tests or have not followed up on
abnormal Pap test results; and
WHEREAS, An estimated 20 million American men and women carry
the human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually
transmitted virus that leads to cervical cancer; and
WHEREAS, A series of three HPV vaccinations is recommended
for all males and females between 9 and 26 years of age, to
provide long-term protection against the most common strains of
HPV that cause cervical cancer; and
WHEREAS, Cervical cancer is strongly associated with poverty
and lack of access to medical care; and
WHEREAS, Other risk factors associated with cervical cancer
are smoking, long-term use of birth control pills and having
three or more children; and
WHEREAS, Today, medical advances have made cervical cancer,
once the second leading cause of death for women, a preventable
disease with a very high cure rate when detected early;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of January 2019
as "Cervical Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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