TITLE: Recognizing pregnancy resource centers for the services they provide to women facing unexpected pregnancy.

SUMMARY: Recognizing pregnancy resource centers for the services they provide to women facing unexpected pregnancy.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to recognize the pregnancy resource centers in this state for their efforts on behalf of women facing unexpected pregnancy; and WHEREAS, These important organizations offer free pregnancy tests and sonograms, as well as emotional support and education, and they work in conjunction with maternity homes and adoption centers to provide options for pregnant women; and WHEREAS, Dedicated to meeting both the immediate and the long-term needs of their clients, the centers offer a variety of classes to ensure that potential mothers-to-be have important life skills and are able to realize their full potential as mothers and as productive members of society; courses include parenting, budget keeping, and in some locations, English as a Second Language; and WHEREAS, Pregnancy resource centers play a unique role in Texas and around the country as they work to provide a safe place of contemplation for women considering the life-affirming options of motherhood and adoption; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby recognize the founders, staffs, and volunteers of pregnancy resource centers across the state for the services they provide to women facing unexpected pregnancy. Laubenberg Simmons Klick Harper-Brown Burkett Straus Gooden Orr Allen Guerra Otto Alonzo Guillen Paddie Alvarado Gutierrez Parker Anchia Harless Patrick Anderson Harper-Brown Perez Ashby Hernandez Luna Perry Aycock Herrero Phillips Bell Hilderbran Pickett Bohac Howard Pitts Bonnen of Brazoria Huberty Price Bonnen of Galveston Hughes Raney Branch Hunter Ratliff Burkett Isaac Raymond Burnam Johnson Reynolds Button Kacal Riddle Callegari Keffer Ritter Canales King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Bexar Capriglione King of Parker Rodriguez of Travis Carter King of Taylor Rose Clardy King of Zavala Sanford Coleman Kleinschmidt Schaefer Collier Klick Sheets Cook Kolkhorst Sheffield of Bell Cortez Krause Sheffield of Coryell Craddick Kuempel Simmons Creighton Larson Simpson Crownover Laubenberg Smith Dale Lavender Smithee Darby Leach Springer Davis of Dallas Lewis Stephenson J. Davis of Harris Longoria Stickland Deshotel Lozano Strama Dukes Lucio III Taylor Dutton Marquez Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Martinez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Fischer Toth Fallon McClendon Turner of Collin Farias Menendez Turner of Harris Farney Miles Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miller of Comal Villalba Fletcher Miller of Fort Bend Villarreal Flynn Moody Vo Frank Morrison Walle Frullo Munoz, Jr. White Geren Murphy Workman Giddings Naishtat Wu Goldman Nevarez Zedler Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas M. Gonzalez of El Paso Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1096 was adopted by the House on March 25, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House