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GA HR1475
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Erica Thomas
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AI Summary
- Recognizes July 2016 as Fibroid Awareness Month at the Georgia state capitol to bring awareness and national exposure to uterine fibroids
- Notes that 10 to 21 million women in the United States suffer from fibroids, affecting up to 80% of women by age 50, with three out of four women developing fibroids during their lifetime
- Highlights that African American women experience fibroids three to five times more often than the general population, a higher rate than any other ethnic group
- Identifies uterine fibroids as the leading cause of hysterectomies in the U.S., with nearly half of all hysterectomies performed to address fibroids; Georgia ranks as the ninth-highest state for hysterectomies
- Calls for health seminars, funding opportunities, medical information panels, and community programs to encourage faster diagnosis, more research, better treatment options, and eventually a cure
Legislative Description
Fibroid Awareness Month at the capitol; July, 2016; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
2/22/2016
Full Bill Text
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