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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 80
BY SENATOR BROOME
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its Louisiana Affiliates for its work to
increase life expectancy and the improvement in the quality of life in local
communities through the delivery of breast cancer education, screening, treatment,
and research, and to recognize April 29, 2014, as Susan G. Komen Day at the
Louisiana Legislature.
WHEREAS, Susan G. Komen is the world's largest grassroots network of breast
cancer survivors and advocates fighting together to save lives, empower people, ensure
quality care for all, and energize science to find cures for cancer; and
WHEREAS, except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed
cancer among women in the United States; and
WHEREAS, among the fifty states, Louisiana is among the states with the highest
rate of breast cancer mortality, despite the fact that the breast cancer incidence rate in
Louisiana is lower than the national average; and
WHEREAS, in Louisiana this year, an estimated three thousand six hundred thirty
new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among women, and six hundred fifty Louisiana
women will die of the disease, many of them facing a late-stage diagnosis involving fewer
treatment options and lower chances of survival; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has the fifth highest uninsured rate in the United States and,
as a consequence, many women often face the decision of whether to delay or completely
forego the breast cancer screenings that are a key to surviving this disease; and
WHEREAS, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its Louisiana Affiliates honor the
mission to "save lives and end breast cancer forever" by advocating to preserve full state
funding, and matching federal funding of the Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program;
and
WHEREAS, full funding of the Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program will
continue to provide breast cancer early detection services to the aforementioned women; and SCR NO. 80 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, Susan G. Komen for the Cure continues its mission locally, nationally,
and globally to identify the cures that will end breast cancer as a life-threatening disease and
to provide community-based support to the women and men fighting breast cancer today,
including those in this state.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its Louisiana affiliates for its unwavering
dedication to the fight against breast cancer.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
recognize Tuesday, April 29, 2014, as Susan G. Komen Day at the legislature.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES