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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Communities across the state and around the country |
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| 6 | 7 | | are observing April 2019 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month; and |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Established in 2001 by the National Sexual Violence |
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| 8 | 9 | | Resource Center, the event was officially recognized by President |
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| 9 | 10 | | Barack Obama eight years later to remind Americans of the shocking |
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| 10 | 11 | | prevalence of this crime; and |
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| 11 | 12 | | WHEREAS, In the U.S., one in three women and one in six men |
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| 12 | 13 | | experience some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime, |
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| 13 | 14 | | and 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men are raped; rape is the most |
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| 14 | 15 | | underreported crime, and over 60 percent of sexual assaults are not |
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| 15 | 16 | | reported to the police; similarly, a quarter of all girls and a |
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| 16 | 17 | | sixth of all boys are sexually abused before the age of 18, but only |
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| 17 | 18 | | 12 percent of child sexual abuse is ever disclosed to the |
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| 18 | 19 | | authorities; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Annually, crimes of sexual violence cost the |
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| 20 | 21 | | U.S. billions of dollars, and health care costs are shown to be 16 |
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| 21 | 22 | | percent higher for women who were sexually abused as children and 36 |
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| 22 | 23 | | percent higher for women who suffered both physical and sexual |
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| 23 | 24 | | abuse in childhood; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Vigilance against sexual assault is crucial to the |
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| 25 | 26 | | safety and well-being of Texans, and this observance provides an |
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| 26 | 27 | | opportunity to learn more about prevention while saluting those who |
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| 27 | 28 | | work every day to eliminate this crime; now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 29 | 30 | | Legislature hereby recognize April 2019 as Sexual Assault Awareness |
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| 30 | 31 | | Month in Texas. |
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