PRINTER'S NO. 1856
No. 165 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY SCHWARTZ, WILLIAMS, LAVALLE, BRIGHTBILL, O'PAKE,
THOMPSON, CORMAN, BELAN, MELLOW, COSTA, WAGNER, ROBBINS,
AFFLERBACH, GERLACH, EARLL, KITCHEN, TOMLINSON AND WENGER,
MARCH 30, 1998
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 30, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating April 1, 1998, as "Lupus Alert Day" in Pennsylvania.
2 WHEREAS, Lupus is a serious, devastating and potentially
3 fatal disease; and
4 WHEREAS, Lupus is a widespread disease affecting 1.4 million
5 Americans; and
6 WHEREAS, Lupus is highly discriminatory, as evidenced by the
7 fact that 90% of its victims are women; and
8 WHEREAS, Lupus destroys young women's lives, careers and
9 ambitions; and
10 WHEREAS, Lupus affects minority women two or three times more
11 often than it affects Caucasian women; and
12 WHEREAS, The Lupus Foundation of America has designated April
13 1, 1998, as "Lupus Alert Day"; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the Senate designate April 1, 1998, as "Lupus
15 Alert Day" in Pennsylvania.
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