PENNSYLVANIA, October 18 - PRINTER'S NO. 1158

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

196

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY CAPPELLETTI, KANE, SANTARSIERO, KEARNEY, HUGHES,

BARTOLOTTA, SAVAL, BROWNE, SABATINA, MUTH, PHILLIPS-HILL,

L. WILLIAMS, MARTIN, FONTANA, COLLETT, LAUGHLIN, COMITTA AND

SCHWANK, OCTOBER 18, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, OCTOBER 18, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the month of October 2021 as "Pregnancy and Infant

Loss Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Pregnancy and infant loss includes loss during and

after pregnancy, stillbirths, neonatal death, miscarriage and

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); and

WHEREAS, A miscarriage is the loss of a baby before the 20th

week of pregnancy, and a stillbirth is the loss of a baby at 20

weeks of pregnancy and later, and both of these experiences are

pregnancy losses; and

WHEREAS, According to the American College of Obstetrics and

Gynecology, as many as 26% of all pregnancies and up to 10% of

clinically recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage; and

WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, stillbirth affects about 1% of all pregnancies in

the United States, and there are approximately 24,000

stillbirths reported each year; and

WHEREAS, According to the National Institute for Health, SIDS

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