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Senate
Resolution 1139
By:
Senators Jones of the 10th and Miles of the 43rd
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the Georgia Department of Human Resources to provide for a stillborn birth
certificate; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
stillborn deaths are deaths prior to the complete extraction of a baby from its
mother occurring after the twentieth week of pregnancy and does not include the
induced termination of pregnancy as defined by the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated; and
WHEREAS,
according to Emory University there are nearly 100 fetal deaths reported for
every 10,000 deliveries each year; and
WHEREAS,
there is no loss greater than that of an infant who passes prior to beginning
its life; and
WHEREAS,
the parents of a stillborn infant should be given the option of memorializing
their baby as well as documenting the existence of that child.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body urge the
Georgia Department of Human Resources to develop a certificate of stillbirth
that would be offered to the mother of a stillborn child and filed with the
State Office of Vital Records.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Department of Human
Resources.