IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 21 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
pregnancy resource centers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. STEARNS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with 
respect to pregnancy resource centers. 
Whereas more than 2,500 pregnancy resource centers across 
the United States meet the comprehensive physical, psy-
chological, emotional, and spiritual needs of women and 
men facing unplanned pregnancies; 
Whereas pregnancy resource centers offer women in economic 
hardship free pregnancy tests, counseling, and childbirth 
and parenting classes they could not otherwise afford; 
Whereas many pregnancy resource centers offer ultrasound 
and adoption services to pregnant mothers; 
Whereas pregnancy resource centers encourage women to 
make positive life choices by equipping them with com-
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plete and accurate information regarding their pregnancy 
options and the development of their preborn child; 
Whereas pregnancy resource centers ensure that women are 
receiving prenatal information and services that lead to 
the birth of healthy newborn infants; 
Whereas pregnancy resource centers provide women with 
compassionate 
and 
confidential 
counsel 
in 
a 
nonjudgmental manner regardless of their pregnancy out-
comes; 
Whereas Federal and State governments are increasingly rec-
ognizing the valuable services of pregnancy resource cen-
ters through the designation of public funds for such or-
ganizations; 
Whereas many pregnancy resource centers work to prevent 
crisis pregnancies by teaching effective abstinence edu-
cation in public schools; and 
Whereas pregnancy resource centers operate primarily 
through reliance on the voluntary donations and time of 
caring individuals who are committed to caring for the 
needs of women and promoting and protecting life: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) strongly supports pregnancy resource cen-
ters for their unique, positive contribution to the in-
dividual lives of women, men, and babies—both born 
and unborn; 
(2) commends the compassionate work of tens 
of thousands of volunteers and paid staff at preg-
nancy resource centers across the United States; 
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(3) encourages the Congress and Federal and 
State government agencies to grant pregnancy re-
source centers assistance for medical equipment and 
abstinence education in a manner that does not com-
promise the religious integrity of such organizations; 
and 
(4) decries the actions of any national, State, or 
local groups attempting to prevent pregnancy re-
source centers from effectively serving women and 
men facing unplanned pregnancies. 
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