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GA HR1621
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/21/2018
Primary Sponsor
Erica Thomas
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AI Summary
- Recognizes July 2018 as Fibroid Awareness Month at the Georgia state capitol to bring awareness to the uterine fibroid condition
- Notes that uterine fibroids affect up to 80 percent of women by age 50, with 10 to 21 million women suffering from fibroids in the United States
- Highlights that African American women experience fibroids three to five times more often than the general population, the highest rate of any ethnic group
- Identifies uterine fibroids as the leading cause of hysterectomies in the United States, 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 state capitol; July, 2018; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/21/2018
Full Bill Text
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