HR 751 — DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-PRIORITY

*LRB10017261MST32420r* HR0751 Enrolled LRB100 17261 MST 32420 r HOUSE RESOLUTION 751 WHEREAS, Research indicates that one in three women in the United States experience domestic violence;

that means approximately 1.67 million women in Illinois experienceexperiences domestic violence at least once;

children of mothers who experience prenatal HR0751 Enrolled -2- LRB100 17261 MST 32420 r physical domestic violence are at an increased risk of exhibiting aggressive, anxious, depressed, and hyperactive behavior;

and WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

"in the United States, one in five women have experienced completed or attempted rape";

approximately one in 15 men have experienced rape, and "most victims first experienced sexual violence before age 25";

that means more than one million women and more than 400,000 men in Illinois experience sexual violence in their lifetime;

and HR0751 Enrolled -3- LRB100 17261 MST 32420 r WHEREAS, The FBI Crime Clock statistics in 2016 reported that a rape occurs every four minutes in the United States;

and WHEREAS, The Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault consists of 30 rape crisis centers;

during the State of Illinois 2017 fiscal year, the Illinois rape crisis centers served 19,077 survivors of sexual assault, and provided 95,038 hours of service to survivors, including 57,056 hours of counseling, 13,173 hours of criminal justice advocacy and 8,028 hours of medical advocacy;

the centers also provided 22,427 hours of prevention education to 581,350 participants;

and WHEREAS, The CDC has declared:

"Sexual violence is a very serious public health problem that affects millions of women and men";

the National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center (NVAWPRC) reports that 31% of rape victims develop PTSD;

NVAWPRC also found that rape victims are 4.1 times more likely than non-crime victims to have contemplated suicide and 13 times more likely to attempt suicide;

and WHEREAS, Victims of sexual assault are three times more likely than non-victims to experience a major depressive episode in their lives, and depression is a frequent symptom in survivors of childhood sexual abuse;

and WHEREAS, Research also shows that child sexual assault HR0751 Enrolled -4- LRB100 17261 MST 32420 r survivors are more likely to have pelvic pain and pelvic inflammatory disorder, breast diseases, yeast infections, bladder infections, complications of pregnancy and chronic pain, including backaches and headaches;

therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare domestic violence and sexual assault a public health priority for the HR0751 -3- LRB100 17261 MST 32420 r State of Illinois and we urge the stateState to make available all necessary resources to combat this epidemic;