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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, National Infertility Awareness Week is being |
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observed from April 20 through 26, 2025, to rally support for those |
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who experience difficulties in achieving pregnancy and to highlight |
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the importance of reproductive medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, An estimated one in six individuals worldwide |
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struggles with infertility, and the general U.S. fertility rate is |
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at a historic low, having dropped three percent between 2022 and |
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2023 and consistently decreasing by two percent annually from 2014 |
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to 2020; infertility affects people of all backgrounds, identities, |
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and communities; and |
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WHEREAS, Individuals who are unable to conceive may pursue |
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options such as fertility treatments, adoption, donor conception, |
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or fostering; in 2021, approximately 85,000 infants in the U.S. |
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were born as a result of in vitro fertilization, and in February |
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2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to expand |
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access to IVF and reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for |
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such treatments; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 1989, National Infertility Awareness |
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Week unites people across the country in their commitment to |
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improving outcomes for families that have been impacted by |
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infertility; the annual observance also spotlights the outstanding |
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doctors, researchers, and other medical professionals who have |
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contributed to this worthwhile cause; and |
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WHEREAS, A wide range of resources and services are available |
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to individuals experiencing infertility, and National Infertility |
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Awareness Week provides an opportunity to focus attention on the |
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issue and to highlight the forms of assistance that are available; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize April 20 through 26, 2025, as National |
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Infertility Awareness Week and encourage all Texans to learn more |
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about this important health issue. |