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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 93
BY REPRESENTATIVE EMERSON
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend and honor the pregnancy care centers of Louisiana; to encourage Congress and
federal and state government agencies to grant assistance to pregnancy care centers
for medical equipment and abstinence education in a manner that does not
compromise the centers' mission or religious integrity; and to express the sense of
the legislature regarding actions of any national, state, or local groups attempting to
prevent pregnancy care centers from effectively serving women and men facing
unplanned pregnancies.
WHEREAS, pregnancy care centers have a considerable and growing impact on the
women, men, children, and communities they serve; and
WHEREAS, pregnancy care centers serve women in Louisiana and across the United
States with integrity and passion; there are more than two thousand five hundred pregnancy
care centers across the United States that provide comprehensive care to women and men
facing unplanned pregnancies by providing resources that meet their physical, psychological,
emotional, and spiritual needs; and
WHEREAS, pregnancy care centers offer women free, confidential, and
compassionate services including pregnancy tests, peer counseling, twenty-four hour per day
telephone hotlines, childbirth and parenting classes, community health care referrals, and
other support services; and
WHEREAS, many medical pregnancy care centers offer ultrasounds and other
medical services and provide information on adoption and adoption referrals to pregnant
women; and
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WHEREAS, pregnancy care centers encourage women to make positive life choices
by equipping them with complete and accurate information regarding their pregnancy
options and the development of their unborn children; and
WHEREAS, pregnancy care centers provide women with compassionate and
confidential peer counseling in a nonjudgmental manner regardless of their pregnancy
outcomes; they also provide important support and resources for women who choose
childbirth over abortion; and
WHEREAS, pregnancy care centers ensure that women receive prenatal information
and services that lead to the birth of healthy infants, and many centers provide grief
assistance for women and men who regret past choices; and
WHEREAS, many pregnancy care centers also work to prevent unplanned
pregnancies by teaching effective abstinence education in public schools; and
WHEREAS, the federal government and state governments have increasingly
recognized the value of the services offered by pregnancy care centers and have designated
public funds for such organizations; and
WHEREAS, pregnancy care centers operate primarily through reliance on the
voluntary donations and time of individuals who are committed to caring for the needs of
women and promoting and protecting life, and the centers operating in Louisiana are most
deserving of the highest recognition for their efforts.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and honor the pregnancy care centers of Louisiana and does hereby strongly
support the positive contributions pregnancy care centers make to the lives of women, men,
and babies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend the tens of thousands of volunteers and paid staff at pregnancy care centers in
Louisiana and across the United States for their compassionate work.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana strongly encourages
Congress and federal and state government agencies to grant assistance to pregnancy care
centers for medical equipment and abstinence education in a manner that does not
compromise the mission or religious integrity of these organizations.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana disapproves of the
actions of any national, state, or local groups attempting to prevent pregnancy care centers
from effectively serving women and men facing unplanned pregnancies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
governor, the president of the United States, the presiding officers of the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States of America, and to each
member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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