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FL H8031
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/6/2024
Primary Sponsor
Michelle Salzman
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AI Summary
- Recognizes October 15, 2024, as "National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day" in Florida
- Acknowledges that many parents and families feel unable to openly discuss grief from miscarriage, stillbirth, and medical complications due to social and cultural taboos
- Cites World Health Organization data that in 2020, 2.4 million infants died within the first month of life, nearly 2 million stillbirths occur annually (one every 16 seconds), and one in four pregnancies result in miscarriage
- References the U.S. Congress designating October as "Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month" in 1988 and passing Concurrent Resolution 222 in 2006 supporting National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
- Highlights Florida's Healthy Start program, which provides home visits, parent education, stress management, and care coordination to reduce risk factors associated with preterm labor, low birth weight, infant mortality, and poor developmental outcomes
Legislative Description
National Pregnancy and Infancy Loss Remembrance Day
Last Action
Adopted by Publication
2/8/2024
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