HLS 19RS-496 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 10
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Commends Louisiana's pregnancy centers, adoption
agencies, social services, pro-life organizations, and pro-life citizens and recognizes
April 23, 2019, as Pro-Life Day at the state capitol
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend Louisiana's pregnancy centers, adoption agencies, social services, pro-life
3 organizations, and pro-life citizens and to recognize Tuesday, April 23, 2019, as Pro-
4 Life Day at the state capitol.
5 WHEREAS, all human life is a gift from our Creator and is sacred, unique, and
6worthy of protection, and each person, including every person waiting to be born, has a
7special place and purpose in this world; and
8 WHEREAS, abortion unjustly takes the life of an innocent human baby and forever
9hurts the lives of women and men involved with abortion; and
10 WHEREAS, many private citizens of Louisiana, acting out of love and compassion,
11have founded various agencies and centers dedicated to promoting a culture of life in our
12state; and
13 WHEREAS, the more than forty pregnancy resource centers, adoption agencies, and
14maternity homes across Louisiana are working tirelessly to preserve this great gift of life by
15helping both unborn children and their mothers; and
16 WHEREAS, for the past forty-six years, since the Supreme Court decided Roe v.
17Wade making abortion legal in Louisiana, these agencies have saved thousands and
18thousands of unborn children from abortion and in recent years have helped reduce the
19annual number of abortions in Louisiana by nearly half; and
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1 WHEREAS, in addition to saving unborn lives, these agencies have empowered
2mothers in difficult situations by providing the material and emotional support they need,
3both before and after the birth of their child, to either parent or place their child for adoption;
4and
5 WHEREAS, these agencies have consistently offered confidential counseling to
6women and men who have experienced loss through abortion, miscarriage, and infertility;
7and
8 WHEREAS, these life-affirming agencies outnumber abortion facilities ten to one,
9showing through these agencies that Louisiana is a truly pro-life state; and
10 WHEREAS, the people of Louisiana support these agencies and their mission of
11saving lives through volunteering, donations, prayer, and purchasing Choose Life license
12plates, which funds grants for these agencies to continue their life-affirming work.
13 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
14commend pregnancy resource centers, adoption agencies, social services, pro-life
15organizations, and pro-life citizens and does hereby recognize Tuesday, April 23, 2019, as
16Louisiana Pro-Life Day at the state capitol.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
18to the executive director of the Louisiana Right to Life Federation.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 10 Original 2019 Regular Session Hoffmann
Commends La.'s pregnancy centers, adoption agencies, social services, pro-life
organizations, and pro-life citizens and recognizes April 23, 2019, as Pro-Life Day at the
state capitol.
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