05-R 181

2005 -- S 1021

Enacted 04/13/05

S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

NAMING OCTOBER 15, 2005 AS "PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS REMEMBRANCE

DAY"

Introduced By: Senator Kevin A. Breene

Date Introduced: April 13, 2005

     WHEREAS, According to a 1996 study by the Centers of Disease Control, 16% of over

6,000,000 pregnancies ended in either a miscarriage or stillbirth, which is almost 1,000,000

prenatal losses; and

     WHEREAS, Of those over six million pregnancies, 62%, or 3,720,000, ended in live

births, and 26,784 of those births ended in deaths of infants 11 months and younger; and

     WHEREAS, The availability of information and support is of the utmost importance to

the families who suffer from pregnancy and infant loss to better help them cope; and

     WHEREAS, A public that is informed and educated about pregnancy and infant loss can

better learn how to respond with compassion to affected families; and

     WHEREAS, Professionals who come in contact with families who have suffered

pregnancy or infant loss, such as physicians, clergy, emergency medical technicians, funeral

directors, police officers, public health nurses and employers, can better serve families if they

have special training and better knowledge of pregnancy and infant loss; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby proclaims October 15, 2005, and October 15 of subsequent years as "Pregnancy and Infant

Loss Remembrance Day" to recognize the grief of the families, and to remember all of the

pregnancies and infants lost, to help to heal and comfort the families in a time of pain and

heartache, and to give the families hope for the future.

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